Conflicting IP shown for devices connected to Orbi satellite

This would be a double NAT (two router) condition which isn't recommended. https://kb.netgear.com/30186/What-is-Double-NAT
https://kb.netgear.com/30187/How-to-fix-issues-with-Double-NAT
Couple of options,
1. Configure the modem for transparent bridge or modem only mode. Then use the Orbi router in router mode. You'll need to contact the ISP for help and information in regards to the modem being bridged correctly.
2. If you can't bridge the modem, disable ALL wifi radios on the modem, configure the modems DMZ/ExposedHost or IP Pass-Through for the IP address the Orbi router gets from the modem. Then you can use the Orbi router in Router mode.
3. Or disable all wifi radios on the modem and connect the Orbi router to the modem, configure AP mode on the Orbi router. https://kb.netgear.com/31218/How-do-I-configure-my-Orbi-router-to-act-as-an-access-point and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7LOcJ8GdDo&app=desktop

If your host router is using 192.168.1.1 for it's address, then Orbi will auto change it's address 192.168.1.1 to something else to avoid any conficts...

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6old3nra1n wrote:

I recently made the switch to ATT "gigabit" fiber and the WiFi speeds are not only worse than my previous half megabit Xfinity connection, they are also more erratic despite using the same Orbi RBR50 system. I have the Orbi set up as the router (as opposed to AP) and the Arris gateway set to IP Passthrough.

 

Besides the slowness, I have encountered another issue. When I use the Orbi app, it tells me that devices connected to the sole Orbi satellite have IPs in the 192.168.1.x range, while all my devices connected to the main Orbi router have IPs in the 10.0.0.x range. 

Obviously when I switched to ATT and connected my Orbi, the Orbi system told me that to avoid a conflict it was changing its IP range to 10.0.0.x range. But why is it that devices connected to the satellite are still getting IPs in the 192.168.1.x range?

 

What makes this even more confusing is that if I log into my Orbi router using orbilogin.com, I see that those same devices connected to the satellite have IPs in the 10.0.0.x range! How is this even possible? How can the same devices have two different IPs at the same time?

 

One thing that I can think of is that I factory reset my main router but did not do the same for the satellite. But why would this even be necessary when the satellite itself has already been assigned a 10.0.0.x IP? Shouldn't the system be smart enough to have the satellite effectively get IPs for it's attached devices in the same 10.0.0.x range that the DHCP server is issuing on the main router?

 

The satellites attached devices work "fine," but I imagine there might be some downstream issue that I'm not aware of just yet.

 

 

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