All good, except for the magenta light

Question

I finally got my router (as a wireless AP) and satellite the way I want, with an ethernet backhaul. The trick seems to have been to take the cable out of the internet port on the router and put it in a LAN port.
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Everything is working fine, except that the router is showing the magenta ring as if something were wrong. I'm hoping it is just complaining that there is nothing in the internet port, but everything seems to be working well.
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Should I have any concerns?

Christiaan11 · Answer

I got it working (finally) after trying&nbsp;gazillion different set-ups. I now have both satellites with WIRED backhaul (also showing as such in admin panel) and NO magenta light on router showing up.&nbsp;
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So maybe the following will help some of you as well.&nbsp;
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My set-up:
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I have RB50 + 2 satellites.
RB50 in AP mode connected&nbsp;from yellow WAN port to LAN port on ISP router.
Both satellites are also connected to a LAN port on ISP router.&nbsp;
Another ethernet cable from ISP router to switch.
Have several other devices connected to the (non managed) switch.&nbsp;

So connecting both router through yellow WAN and satellites to the ISP router (instead of switch) was the trick for me and made the magenta light turn off without losing wired backhaul capability.&nbsp;
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Also keep in mind that you really need to give it some time when you connect and turn all devices on. Orbi devices really need minutes to "settle". It was showing magenta initially on the satellites but I left it for a while and in admin panel the status moved from "good", to "config sync" back to "good" again.&nbsp;

ekhalil · Answer

Yes, the router ring will light magenta if nothing is connected to the WAN (internet) port.
How do you get internet access if nothing is connected to the WAN port (the yellow port)?

bengkohn · Answer

It is in Wireless AP mode, which should (and apparently does) mean that it just needs to be connected to the LAN somehow, so the LAN ports seem to work fine.

ekhalil · Answer

No, AP mode does also require that you connect the internet source (a port from your router) to the WAN (internet) port in Orbi, otherwise the router will continue to have the magenta ring on.&nbsp;
The LAN ports can be used for wired devices as well as for wired backhaul.&nbsp;

bengkohn · Answer

Fair enough, thank you.&nbsp;
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I will keep that in mind if I start to run into weirdness going forward, but for now it is working great.&nbsp;

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