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New Orbi Impressions
Purchased Orbi to replace Linksys AC1900 and satellite, mostly for speed and reliable coverage reasons. Ran OpenWRT on the AC so tons of flexibility. The Orbi was easy to setup and absolutely re...
Separation of SSID names is not offiically supported on Orbi systems.
Most single SSID configurations work as designed. Thought there are some 2.4Ghz IoT problems at the IoT mfr level.
For LAN side VLAN support is something that isn't supported on ORbi as well. You can get a managed switch for this kind of configuration needs.
You can look into Orbi pro to see if that model supports more of what you need in VLAN support.
Thanks for the prompt reply.
Not inclined to spend that kind of money for a home solution. I also haven't read good things about the AX devices. That in itself wouldn't prevent me from trying it (everyone's mileage varies) but the price is off-putting.
I thought I read that Orbi is OpenWRT-based, is that correct? Perhaps giving some access to the underlying OpenWRT features (via the Telnet interface maybe)? I'd be willing to experiment with that and see if I could get closer to my goal (IT is what I do and I do love to tinker) even if not explicitly supported. Can always factory reset and start over, right?
Or, give me the ability to drop the public OpenWRT distro on the device ? Old router with OpenWRT was super flexible but the coverage sucked. Love the Orbi for that reason (and having one SSID everywhere).
You can try Voxels FW if you want 3rd party support on Orbi 50 series systems:
https://www.snbforums.com/forums/netgear-ac-wireless.53/
I think he's the only one developing 3rd party FW for Orbi 50 series systems.
You can revert back to stock FW from Voxels FW.