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Wired backhaul configured but still shows WLAN Backhaul Statistics
I've got an RBR-50 (configured as an AP) with satellites configured using wired ethernet backhaul. The GUI shows all the satellites connected using wired backhaul. When I go to advanced -> admin...
My Router is an R7900, and for some reason, when I rebooted it Friday, it completely lost its configuration. Not sure why that happened, but anyway.....
I've been trying different things out, and it seems that in most cases, there is always a little wireless backhaul traffic while the system is booting, then the wired takes over, and the only WLAN backhaul traffic I see is the polling/beacon its doing under TxPkts.
Currently the config is. CableModem -> WAN port R7900P > R7900 (port 3) -> TP-Link TL-SG108 unmanaged switch -> All Orbi
R7900 (port 1) -> TP-Link managed switch -> everything else on my network
The RBR50 (still configured as an access point) and all satellites are plugged in to the TL-SG108
In over three days, the RxPkts for the WLAN backhaul has not budged. There was a little WLAN backhaul traffic at reboot, and nothing since, outside of the polling/beacon.
I'm going to try moving the entire orbi back to the managed switch and see what happens.
The TPLink switch maybe the issue as well:
https://www.tp-link.com/us/business-networking/unmanaged-switch/tl-sg108/
I see it has green ethernet features. This doesn't work well with Orbi.