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whittle
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Jun 18, 2018

Guest network in AP Mode?

I'm thinking about putting a router in front of my RBK50 and running the Orbi system in Access Point mode.  Do you lose access to the Guest Network feature in AP mode?   Thanks much.   whittl...
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Mozez
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Jun 18, 2018
whittle wrote:

I'm thinking about putting a router in front of my RBK50 and running the Orbi system in Access Point mode.  Do you lose access to the Guest Network feature in AP mode?

 

Thanks much.

 

whittle

Hi Whittle,

 

Yes you can. That is exactly how I have mine setup right now. My FIOS router is handling all the DHCP, DNS, firewall stuff and my ORBI is running in AP mode only. You can enable the GUEST wifi on the ORBI without any issues. You do have to use the web interface (orbilogin.com) to turn on the guest network. You can also use the android app (netgear genie) to turn the guest network on/off. The option to do so on the IOS app is not available when you turn on AP mode, for whatever reason.

 

Regards,

Moses

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whittle
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Jun 18, 2018

Thanks very much Moses.  I think I will give it a go.  Just for reference, what Orbi firmware are you running?  -whittle

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    Mozez
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    Jun 18, 2018

    Hi Whittle,

     

    My ORBI router is currently on 2.1.4.10. 

     

    Regards,

    Moses

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      whittle
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      Jun 18, 2018

      Moses,

       

      Another question if I am not overstaying my welcome...

       

      Do you know if the LAN ports on your Orbi router and Orbi satelites are active in your configuration?  Are they basically acting as switch ports for your internal network?

       

      -whittle

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        Mozez
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        Jun 18, 2018

        Hi Whittle,

         

        I can confirm that the LAN ports on the router are active and working in AP mode. I have a windows PC connected to one port and another switch connected to a second port, so yes they are all still active in AP mode. I can't confirm the ORBI satellites since I have two RBW30s which doesn't come with any LAN ports. However, I don't see why they would not work either. It would basically be the same as in Router mode.

         

        I also have both the ORBI router and satellites assigned static IP addresses from my FIOS router (via MAC address) since the ORBI doesn't allow you to set them directly. Makes connecting to each of them much easier. You don't have to look up their information each time.

         

        Regards,

        Moses