NowTV box problem with DM200/Orbi

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FURRYe38 wrote:

Change the DM back to modem/router mode and configure the Orbi for AP mode. This will let the Orbi act as a wireless pass thru for any data. No routing involved in this mode. 

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Hi

Thinking I was at the end of the road with the NowTV box and without any useful 'official' information from NG support, I bought a new Panasonic Freeview Player recorder. Set it up yesterday and couldn't get the Freeview Player functions to work. Other internet features (YouTube, Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall) worked fine.

I tried connecting it to my mobile wifi hot spot, instead of the NG - didn't work. Connecting to the Orbi by wire - didn't work.

Tried your suggestion to switch DM200 to regular modem/router mode and Orbi to AP mode. Both Panasonic and NowTV work fine!

SO
i) the router handling protocols of the Orbi are flawed ; OR
ii) there are settings on the Orbi that were blocking internet connections to the Freeview Player and NowTV BBC iPlayer functions.

It would be really good to know whether this is a bug or whether it's simply a configurable option, and, if so, what the relevant settings are.

So, thank you for the tip. Would very much like to understand what the issue is and how the Orbi allows YouTube to work but prevents Freeview Player and BBC iPlayer functionality. 

Feels like some kind of firewall/security function - but exactly what? Why does DM200 allow what Orbi prevents?!