I have Frontier FiOS coming into my house. I use my RBR40 as a router, and have two satellites elsewhere in a three story house. The cable from Frontier comes into the third floor in a closet. I've got that Ethernet cable golng into the RBR40, and then, from the RBR40, an Ethernet cable goes into a main switch that distributes the signal throughout the Ethernet wiring in the house I am not using the FiOS router at all. Both Orbi satellites are on the middle level of the house, on separate ends of the house, and there is no satellite in, or needed in, the basement. The Orbi perforance is, for the most part, good. But, for convenience sake, I'd like to have the router on the second floor (not the third floor in the closet), one satellite on the third floor, and the second satellite on the second floor (same floor as where I want to put the router). My question is, how do I wire this, given that the main incoming Ethernet cable is on the third floor, and cannot, therefore, be connected directly to a router on the second floor? Can I connect the main FiOS Ethernet cable into the switch and then put the router on the second floor, as a node on the switch? In other words, will the router be able to distribute DHCP addresses when connected AFTER the switch, OR, does it need to be before the switch? I hope this makes sense! Thanks.
Thanks for the quick response. Let me see if I understand what you're saying: Outside FiOS connection, to switch in the third floor closet, to a new switch (not the Orbi RBR40) on the third floor, find a cable on the third floor that goes to a jack on the second floor, connect that cable on the second floor to the Orbi RBR40 router, and then connect the the Orbi RBR40 to another port going to a switch on the second floor? If I've got this right (and if I've explained it coherently!), what do I do about all the other (about 16) cables that run from the third floor closed down the walls to various places in the house? (Gosh, I sure hope this makes sense!) Thanks.
I believe your good up to the Orbi router to it's WAN port for ISP services, however after the orbi router you would need another switch at the location where you have your 16 wire distrobution cables at, to connect them to this switch, then connect this switch behind the Orbi router on it's LAN port.
Thanks for the quick response. Let me see if I understand what you're saying: Outside FiOS connection, to switch in the third floor closet, to a new switch (not the Orbi RBR40) on the third floor, find a cable on the third floor that goes to a jack on the second floor, connect that cable on the second floor to the Orbi RBR40 router, and then connect the the Orbi RBR40 to another port going to a switch on the second floor? If I've got this right (and if I've explained it coherently!), what do I do about all the other (about 16) cables that run from the third floor closed down the walls to various places in the house? (Gosh, I sure hope this makes sense!) Thanks.
