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Jiheffe2
Apr 20, 2018Aspirant
iOS app can't find new Orbi
Ok, not a huge issue as I can access the Orbi admin interface using www.orbilogin.com or directly 192.188.x.x... But nevertheless... After installing the Orbi system (1 Router, 1 Satelite) in AP ...
FURRYe38
Aug 07, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Let us know. Hope something will help out...
rtpub88
Aug 17, 2018Aspirant
I think I finally got it working...
For my setup, I disabled DHCP on my Orbi Router (I have my own DHCP server), so I was using manually IP settings on my iPhone; turned out that I hadn’t set the manual DNS which caused all the trouble; once I set it to point to Orbi Router the Orbi app worked!
I don’t know why it mattered (ain’t it all use IP to communicate?! Hmm... ) but that was how I got my setup working...
Hope it helps others with similar problem!
For my setup, I disabled DHCP on my Orbi Router (I have my own DHCP server), so I was using manually IP settings on my iPhone; turned out that I hadn’t set the manual DNS which caused all the trouble; once I set it to point to Orbi Router the Orbi app worked!
I don’t know why it mattered (ain’t it all use IP to communicate?! Hmm... ) but that was how I got my setup working...
Hope it helps others with similar problem!