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Connecting Orbi router to a Nighthawk?
Hello. I'm sure someone may have already asked this but I could use some help. I am trying to connect my orbi router with a cat7 ethernet out to an outside building. I have the cable ran from house ou...
I think all you need to do is to ensure and verify the CAT lan cable from the main router out to the remote building is correctly wired and if so, then use the Orbi in AP mode in the remote building:
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
mirama44 wrote:
Hello. I'm sure someone may have already asked this but I could use some help. I am trying to connect my orbi router with a cat7 ethernet out to an outside building. I have the cable ran from house outside but when i plug it into my nighthawk i dont get any internet signal. I wondered what port do i plug it into the nighthawk? Or, would it be easier/better to hook the cat7 cable i to another orbi device versus the nighthawk. I have spent some hours troubleshooting and testing to ensure the nighthawk is functional. The firmware is up to date. The nighthawk works find separately but when i hook it up to the cat7 coming from the orbi router, its a no go. Thanks for any/all assistance.
Real quick I was able to put the router into AP mode but then I couldn't connect to internet at all? I ended up resetting the orbi back to factory just so I could have internet. Just got done setting everything back up. Not sure what I should have done after changing it into AP mode?
mirama44 wrote:
Real quick I was able to put the router into AP mode but then I couldn't connect to internet at all? I ended up resetting the orbi back to factory just so I could have internet. Just got done setting everything back up. Not sure what I should have done after changing it into AP mode?No, you don’t need to use AP Mode in the main router. It has to be in Router mode.
Please get the Ethernet cable working and connect it to the WAN port of Nighthawk and hopefully everything will be working after that.
After puting the Orbi in AP mode, did you reboot the NH router as well? You should have had internet after configiguring AP mode.
Be sure that your using the WAN port on the Orbi router for AP mode. You can try one of the LAN ports as well as a troubleshooting measure. AP mode works for others using other routers with the Orbi system.
Besure the LAN cables are good. Verify this with a PC and using them directly connected to the main host router.
mirama44 wrote:
Real quick I was able to put the router into AP mode but then I couldn't connect to internet at all? I ended up resetting the orbi back to factory just so I could have internet. Just got done setting everything back up. Not sure what I should have done after changing it into AP mode?- Still no luck. I double checked wires again today and tester says all is good. Going to keep trying ......
The other person suggested go into AP mode. Then reboot the NH router. My concern was that when I put orbi into AP mode, then I couldn't connect to internet at all in my house....
- Helli,Hello, me again. I reread your post and you said to use WAN port on orbi router for AP mode. I'm not sure what that means. I have my internet provider cable coming into my orbi router into the yellow "internet" connection. I have my cat 7 in one of the Orbi's other connections running outside, underground in conduit about 150 feet to my outbuilding where my nighthawk router is located. I plugged the cat7 into the WAN port of my nighthawk router. I cant get internet. I plugged my laptop into the cat7 connector in the outbuilding and cant get internet. The other night you suggested to put orbi into AP mode. I put the orbi into AP mode but then I couldn't get internet anywhere in my house. I had to reset the whole orbi system and reset it up. I did retest my cat7 cable today and tester still reads that everything is good.
I was wondering was I supposed to put the nighthawk into AP, not the orbi?
Thanks for help!Going back to your first message, it is not clear to me what the order of these things is.
I am trying to connect my orbi router with a cat7 ethernet out to an outside building. I have the cable ran from house outside but when i plug it into my nighthawk i dont get any internet signal.Is it the Nighthawk that is at the far end of the long LAN cable? Or is it the Orbi?
mirama44 wrote:
I was wondering was I supposed to put the nighthawk into AP, not the orbi?The standard setup, and the one I have, is:
modem (in bridge or modem only mode) > router (in router mode) > Orbi (in access point mode)
Alternatively:
modem (in bridge or modem only mode) > Orbi (in router mode) > router (in access point mode)
The "modem mode" bit matters only if you have a modem that doubles as a router. (Look for a set of LAN ports on the back).
You plug the modem into the Internet port on the router. Then connect the Internet port on the AP (Orbi or NIghthawk) into a LAN port on the router.
When setting this up, you need to start things in the right order:
modem > router > access point
leaving time for each device to settle down before turning on the next bit.
It shouldn't matter, but I can't see any mention of the model number of your Nighthawk router.
I would check that everything works with router and AP close to each other before adding the complication of a long ethernet cable.
