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cut4matty
Tuning in
7 months ago

Confirmed - Black WiFi pods Ethernet Backhaul!

Finally got my hands on 2 Black/WiFi 6 pods from virgin (The one that look like a mini hub5). I can confirm that they DO indeed support ethernet backhaul! I've been looking all over internet and cou...
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Roger_Gooner
Alessandro Volta
5 months ago

When a unit, be it a WAP or mesh, is backhauled with Ethernet cable then WiFi is disabled as connection for all backhaul traffic as wired trumps wireless every time. It's kind of similar to WiFi being disabled when I plugged an Ethernet cable into my STB. However this backhaul WiFi is not to be confused with the unit broadcasting broadband WiFi - which is its function.