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I have an orbi in AP mode at the front end of a Telstra Gateway NBN modem.
Having difficulties with disconnections as well as showing full connection but no internet.
I managed to contact...
Not too sure how message two helps me but will wait and see.
In regards to my orbi I am still unable to update the firmware but following the many orbi discussions specifically those of FURRYe38 I have managed to get the Orbi working reasonably well with the two satelites. I have set up a guest network under a different SSD so if the main one plays up I find that the guest one works ok so my wireless set up on my various peripherals will, when one ssd plays up, auto move to a stonger one so wifi remains reasonably constant.
I also enabled DMZ in my modem giving it the IP that it was giving to the Orbi in AP mode. Not sure if this help or not. Otherwise I changed 2.4 channel to 1 and 5 channel to 40. Both left on full strength but did not not beam forming or mmu.
I do note that when I had the orbi in normal mode compared to AP mode wifi was significantly faster, however this does not appear to an issue for me.
Cheers
Sounds like you made some progress.
Regarding modem router combo units:
Couple of options,
1. Configure the modem for transparent bridge mode. Then use the Orbi router in router mode. You'll need to contact the ISP for help and information in regards to the modem being bridged correctly.
2. If you can't bridge the modem, disable ALL wifi radios on the modem, configure the modems DMZ for the IP address the Orbi router gets from the modem. Then you can use the Orbi router in Router mode.
3. Or disable all wifi radios on the modem and connect the Orbi router to the modem, configure AP mode on the Orbi router. 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=desktopThanks FURRYe38 but you might have read in my previous message that things seem to be working ok and i outlined briefly what i did.
my main concern now is why wont the orbi upgrade its firmare considering from what i can see its quite old (info in message 1)
cheers
nicksowerby wrote:
my main concern now is why wont the orbi upgrade its firmare considering from what i can see its quite old (info in message 1)
If you can access the Orbi with the browser interface, you should be able to manually update the firmware.
There is support for this device at the end of this link:
>>> Orbi RBK33 | WiFi System | NETGEAR Support<<<
