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bugwhisperer
Aspirant
May 02, 2020

Nighthawk Ac1900 and Orbi

I have installed an Orbi router and satellite with a Nighthawk aC1900 cable modem router. I want to turn the radios off the Nighthawk to avoid interference with the Orbi but I cannot access the Night...
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bugwhisperer
Aspirant
May 02, 2020

Thank you! I entered through the gateway and turned the Radio button off.  The Gateway address on Orbi changed and I can no longer access the Nighthawk as a modem. How do I check to confirm the procedure worked?

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CrimpOn
Guru - Experienced User
May 02, 2020

Just turning the WiFi radio off should not change the Orbi gateway.  Putting the Nighthawk into "bridge" or "passthrough" mode would.

Is the "new" gateway a "public" IP address? (i.e. is does not start with 192.168, 10.10, or 172.16)

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    bugwhisperer
    Aspirant
    May 02, 2020

    The new gateway is 73.xxx.xxx.x

    All I did was turn the radio button to off. It went into a reboot and I stepped away. Here we are. Thanks for your help!

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      bugwhisperer
      Aspirant
      May 03, 2020

      It is now the same IP address as the Orbi..... no more 192.xxxx

      and my download speed went from 202 to 17. Upload about the same