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Connect Orbi CBR40 router to fiber optic cable
Just switched from comcast cable to AT&T fiber optic. CBR40 router only has a coax input. How can I get the fiber optic signal into the CBR40 router? Is the a coax to fiber optic converter? Alternati...
Please post about this over in the Orbi with cable modem forum:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-with-Built-in-Cable-Modem/bd-p/en-home-orbi-cable
These are two different ISP platforms that are not interchangeable. So you can't use the CBK40 system on a FIber ISP platform. You should return the CBK40 and get a Orbi RBK system with out the cable modem built in.
Good Luck.
Thanks! Do i connect the RBK via a CAT5 from the AT&T router to the RBK??
Yes. CAT6 would be recommended and best. CAT5 is older and doesn't support 1000Mbps connection rates well.
THANK YOU!
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