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mendozas01
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Sep 14, 2020
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How to set up Netgear Orbi Cable Modem router CBK40 with Verizon Fios

Has anybody setup an Orbi CBK40 Cable Modem router with Verizon? I was told by Verizon Tech support that I need to connect a Ethernet to Coaxial splitter between the cable wall outlet and the Orbi mo...
  • plemans's avatar
    Sep 14, 2020

    I think you misunderstand a bit. 

    I haven't seen anywhere that the cbk40 is compatible with verizon. so whoever you talked to must be instructing you not on a splitter but on an ONT (optical network terminal) to convert to coax. But even that isn't compatible with verizon. They have their own compatable devices. 

     

    Usually with verizon, they end up hooking up their own ONT/gateway and then you connect a router to that. The CBK40 is a modem/router combo device. Not just a router.