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tevans84025
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Mar 01, 2021

Orbi Backhaul

I am a bit technologically challenged but managed to hook up my Netgear Modem and Orbi system. One of my satellites is 100 ft from my house in detached garage. I know this is not the “recommended” dis...
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FURRYe38
Guru
Mar 01, 2021

To get a better back haul speed at the remote area, as a suggestion, run a burried CAT6A LAN cable from the house to the remote building, Then connect the RBS to the LAN cable there:

https://kb.netgear.com/000051205/What-is-Ethernet-backhaul-and-how-do-I-set-it-up-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-System

tevans84025 wrote:
I am a bit technologically challenged but managed to hook up my Netgear Modem and Orbi system. One of my satellites is 100 ft from my house in detached garage. I know this is not the “recommended” distance but I’ve tried everything else to get WiFi out there for security system. The UNIT has an impressive connection with 100 Mbps but backhaul say poor. What does this mean? Does it matter ? The unit seems to work fine but at this $$ I want to make sure it’s going to keep working. Thanks!!