I upgraded to an Orbi Router (RBR50) and two Orbi Satellites (RBS50) to get coverage for my house, and the backchannel speed is as great as advertised. That said, I am running into odd network issues now: Gamestream doesn't work between nvidia shield TV (ethernet to satellite 2) and the gaming PC (ethernet to router) anymore, the PC is undiscoverable. There were no issues using a netgear wifi extender in the before. My network speaker system with two Jongo A2s can't sync anymore (one connected to router wifi, the other to sat 1 wifi) It feels like there is some sort limitation between the base router and the satellite clients, maybe some hidden client isolation setting? Maybe I need to setup static routes? Thoughts?

st_shaw wrote:Greystorm64 Sounds like some progress. I have Acrylic WiFi on the PC and inSSIDER on the PC and Mac. On the Android, there are several choices. "WiFiAnalyzer" from VREM Software Development is recommended by many and seems to work OK. Most of these apps will indicate in some way which AP your device is connected to. Thanks for this information. I tried both Acrylic (which had several malware/browser hostage issues) and inSSIDER. Definitley liked the inSSIDER. I was able to walk through the entire house, testing for dead spots and watching signal strength. Very nice tool. Based on the data, I have no dead zones in or around my house.. and the signal strength throughout the house stays between 21&38... which is very good. its great near the RBR & 2 RBS's. It still doesn't give me the information if devices are actually connected to them and using them to get back to the router.. only that the RBS's are producing a great strong signal. THanks again. Very very helpful

Yea I would try setting up static routes and see if that works. DarrenM

I addressed the issue by setting it to AP, and use the FIOS Quantum Gateway routing functionality. Another issue I discovered was that UPnP didn't work correctly. Before, I found some instructions how to set the FIOS Quantum Gateway into bridge mode and use Orbi as router, but apparently it didn't work properly. Setting Orbi to AP addressed it.

But, why would you do that? I had the Quantum router, but I wanted to get rid of the router, so I replaced it with the Orbi for performance improvement. Putting the Orbi into AP mode and connected to the internet through the router I wanted to replace would be defeating the purpose of having the Orbi Mesh-Network in the first place. Wouldn't it? I might be missing something as to why anyone would do that. I would appreciate understanding your reasoning. Might help me understand things better.

I can't get rid of my FIOS modem/router, since my connection from the in-house box is coax, not ethernet . Once you have ethernet and only internet service, i think you can remove the FIOS modem/router. AP for FIOS router seems to be officialy recommended/supported, I don't see any performance downgrade (actually an upgrade, since I had issues with lost connections before). https://kb.netgear.com/31100/How-do-I-set-up-my-Orbi-system-to-work-with-Fios

Client Isolation between Router and Satellites?

24 Replies

DarrenM
Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Dec 27, 2017
Yea I would try setting up static routes and see if that works.

DarrenM
- karloy007
  Aspirant
  Dec 27, 2017
  I addressed the issue by setting it to AP, and use the FIOS Quantum Gateway routing functionality. Another issue I discovered was that UPnP didn't work correctly. Before, I found some instructions how to set the FIOS Quantum Gateway into bridge mode and use Orbi as router, but apparently it didn't work properly. Setting Orbi to AP addressed it.
  - Greystorm64
    Apprentice
    Dec 28, 2017
    But, why would you do that? I had the Quantum router, but I wanted to get rid of the router, so I replaced it with the Orbi for performance improvement.
    
    Putting the Orbi into AP mode and connected to the internet through the router I wanted to replace would be defeating the purpose of having the Orbi Mesh-Network in the first place.
    
    Wouldn't it? I might be missing something as to why anyone would do that.
    
    I would appreciate understanding your reasoning. Might help me understand things better.

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Client Isolation between Router and Satellites?