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How to use 2 ORBI RBK50v2 range extenders with ATT hi-speed fiber optic cable gateway BGW210-700
Looks like ID Passthrough would be way to go with ATT Gateway. I have BGW210 built in Oct. 2019 which has ethernet cables to computer and Orbi RBK50. I will use a pair of Orbis for wifi to 2 tvs and a...
Hello,
Thank you for quick reply. Your sugestion to turn-off wireless in att BGW210 looks like a winner to me! I still have a lot to learn,but why do people do an ID Passthrough and a host of other things when this is so simple?
Hello,
Thank you for quick reply. Your sugestion to turn-off wireless in att BGW210 looks like a winner to me! I still have a lot to learn,but why do people do an ID Passthrough and a host of other things when this is so simple?
RODI6 wrote:Hello,
Thank you for quick reply. Your sugestion to turn-off wireless in att BGW210 looks like a winner to me! I still have a lot to learn,but why do people do an ID Passthrough and a host of other things when this is so simple?
Because running the orbi in AP mode disables quite a few features. If they or whatever att uses is already running on its own router though, you don't really lose anything. Just Netgears implemenation of it. And some prefer how netgear does it.