TL;DR
Ethernet backhaul is the practice of linking the nodes of a mesh Wi-Fi system with network cable instead of letting them relay traffic wirelessly, freeing the radios to serve devices at full speed. A wired link between nodes roughly doubles usable throughput at the far satellite and stabilizes latency, since wireless mesh hops halve bandwidth at each jump.
What it means
Ethernet backhaul is the practice of linking the nodes of a mesh Wi-Fi system with network cable instead of letting them relay traffic wirelessly, freeing the radios to serve devices at full speed. A wired link between nodes roughly doubles usable throughput at the far satellite and stabilizes latency, since wireless mesh hops halve bandwidth at each jump. Home-network installers run Cat6 to each node location or reuse existing cable, sometimes via MoCA adapters over coax where pulling new wire is impractical.
Where it sits in the glossary
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