Can You Attach a Gigabit Switch to am Orbi router?

[Bielski]

I'm thinking of purchasing an Orbi RBK33 or RBK43 system for my home.  One of mychallenges is that I currently have 4 ethernet lines going to 4 jacks in my house from my existing router.  The Orbi routers only have 3 ethernet outputs.  Can I connect  a gigabit swich to one of the lines in order to split the connection and still utilize all of Orbi's features including Circle on those hard lines?

Thanks!!

[FURRYe38]

Yes, just make sure its a NON-Managed switch.

[bbuyack]

Is there a reason you can't use a managed switch?  I have this TP-Link switch attached:  http://a.co/d/8EONRWp that i purchase from Amazon.  (

TP-Link 24-Port Gigabit Ethernet Easy Smart Managed Switch |

[FURRYe38]

Maanged switches seem to give problems with Orbi systems, however a few others have got them to work with the disabling of IGMP protocols, so if you don't need that procotol running on your switch, you can try it and see:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-MR-2-1-Update-3-23-18/m-p/1553749/highlight/true#M30673
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Using-Router-Configured-as-Access-Point-Cannot-see-Satellites-...
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-Ethernet-Backhaul-with-Managed-Switches/m-p/1613897#M3812...

Let us know if it works for you...

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@bbuyack wrote:

Is there a reason you can't use a managed switch?  I have this TP-Link switch attached:  http://a.co/d/8EONRWp that i purchase from Amazon.  (

TP-Link 24-Port Gigabit Ethernet Easy Smart Managed Switch |

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