NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Connect AP to one Orbi satellite
I run the latest Voxel for my RBK50 mesh and would really appreciate some help with setting up another router connected to one of the satellites as a Access Point.
So I purchases a Flint 2 to act as a Access Point only to be used for VR (Quest3). I follow the guidelines plug in Ethernet cable from RBS to Flint and set Flint into AP mode. But Flint never shows up in the device list on orbi. It kind of does, but shows up as two different ip adresses and two different Mac adress. If I leave it alone for some time all info about it just disappears, and come back upp as one device. So on and so forth. Flint itself is still througputting internet this entire time. But for some reason it doesnt stick as a client on the orbi network. When I set Flint to AP mode it's DHCP is auto disabled.
I've also disabled "interface state tracking" on the Flint.
I've tried Gl.iNets forum but haven't got any help.
So I purchases a Flint 2 to act as a Access Point only to be used for VR (Quest3). I follow the guidelines plug in Ethernet cable from RBS to Flint and set Flint into AP mode. But Flint never shows up in the device list on orbi. It kind of does, but shows up as two different ip adresses and two different Mac adress. If I leave it alone for some time all info about it just disappears, and come back upp as one device. So on and so forth. Flint itself is still througputting internet this entire time. But for some reason it doesnt stick as a client on the orbi network. When I set Flint to AP mode it's DHCP is auto disabled.
I've also disabled "interface state tracking" on the Flint.
I've tried Gl.iNets forum but haven't got any help.
9 Replies
Just to confirm: only one Ethernet cable connects the new router to the Orbi satellite, correct? From one of the RBS50 LAN ports to the WAN port on the new router?
My practice is to assign a specific IP address to such devices using the Orbi web interface Advanced Tab, Setup Menu: LAN Setup, by entering the MAC address printed on the new router label. This MAC address should show up in the Orbi Attached Devices display with that IP address.
It is typical for routers to disable their DHCP function when placed in Access Point (AP) mode. When acting as a 'router', the device will use Network Address Translation (NAT) so that all devices connected to it appear to have only one IP address. (This is what all residential routers do, including the Orbi.) When in AP mode, the primary network router (Orbi) uses DHCP to assign IP addresses to everything connected to this new router.
Aside from the way it appears on the Attached Devices display, does the new router appear to function correctly?
- Yes there is only one cable between the RBS and the new router. From LAN port on RBS to WAN port on router.
Just took a look in the Orbi device list and the new router (that is in AP mode) isn't showing.
The new router is working as it should, seems to be a decent router IMO.How puzzling.
- The Ethernet cable is connected.
- The router is 'working correctly'
Thus, it must have an IP address.
When you connect to the new router from one of the LAN ports (to access its management page), what does it show for the IP address of the WAN port?
