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milobear19
Jan 28, 2019Aspirant
internet won't allow access to certain sites + fire stick apps/Apple TV apps
hi,
I have orbi set up and connected through our old internet modem (frontier) and I also have the orbi satellite- the connection is still not great (and we live in a two story condo) so the satell...
milobear19
Jan 28, 2019Aspirant
I believe it is already in bridge mode?
is this correct?
ekhalil
Jan 29, 2019Master
Not necessarily.
One quick way to test if you have double routers is to use traceroute.
Please open a Command Prompt on a computer connected -preferably wirelessly- to Orbi and type:
tracert 8.8.8.8
This will do traceroute to Google’s DNS server. If you see two private IP addresses listed in the first two hops then you have double NAT. If you see only one private address and the second hop shows a public address, then you’re all good.
One quick way to test if you have double routers is to use traceroute.
Please open a Command Prompt on a computer connected -preferably wirelessly- to Orbi and type:
tracert 8.8.8.8
This will do traceroute to Google’s DNS server. If you see two private IP addresses listed in the first two hops then you have double NAT. If you see only one private address and the second hop shows a public address, then you’re all good.
- ekhalilJan 29, 2019Master
milobear19 Any progress? :)