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Geek95's avatar
Geek95
Follower
Aug 22, 2016

Wired Connection to Satellite

Is it possible to use Ethernet to connect router and satellites?
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JMU1998's avatar
JMU1998
Luminary
Mar 08, 2017

What other system are you looking at just curious.

Hirrdgoon's avatar
Hirrdgoon
Apprentice
Mar 13, 2017

Unifi devices, which is completly different than orbi or any of the mesh systems.

 

 

  • adambean's avatar
    adambean
    Luminary
    Jul 18, 2017

    Have there been any updates on this topic in regards to existing Orbi systems allowing connectivity between router and satellites via ethernet?

     

    Thanks

  • captain_phaser's avatar
    captain_phaser
    Apprentice
    Jul 18, 2017
    adambean wrote:

    Have there been any updates on this topic in regards to existing Orbi systems allowing connectivity between router and satellites via ethernet?

     

    Thanks

    There has been a statement from a Netgear employee stating that they are working on it, but no official timeframe was given. The latest news comes from techhive who states at the bottom of this review that a firmware update is coming this Auguest/September to add ethernet backhaul:

     

    http://www.techhive.com/article/3208225/network-router/netgear-orbi-rbk30-wifi-system-review-its-not-bad-but-its-not-great.html