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How do I find Cable Modem IP address if using Orbi
I have an Orbi, I'm using as a Router with a Hitron cable modem that's also a router. I have the Hitron in IP Passthrough mode to the Orbi. However, I can't figure out a way to login to the Hitro...
This is a fascinating question. Now that the Hitron is essentially "a modem", it no longer has an IP address of its own. The "public" IP address belongs to the Orbi. Will be interested in the solution if someone comes up with one.
The other question, of course, is "why?" Getting the Hitron into passthrough mode avoids "double NAT", which is what is recommended.
Because I may want to turn on WiFi on the hitron, because the speeds seem better sometimes. I don't understand why but they do.
Same with wired to hitron vs wired to Orbi. And the Orbi is literally right next to the hitron.
Does the Hitron have more than one LAN port on the back? A lot of modem/routers respond to 192.168.100.1 as a default.(or was it 192.168.0.1? oh, geez. memory has failed me, and I deleted my notes when my UBEE was swapped out a couple of months ago)
I think that will just direct me to the Orbi.
IcedCorn wrote:
Because I may want to turn on WiFi on the hitron, because the speeds seem better sometimes. I don't understand why but they do.
One way to achieve this is to put the Orbi into AP mode.
A lot of people do that and seem to lose little in the way of useful features.
If the Hitron is in passthrough mode and the Orbi is put in AP mode, then the customer has no DHCP server.
