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WPJoe
Tutor
Sep 11, 2020

Ongoing WIFI Calling Issues

Hi - I am having ongoing WIFI Calling issues with my Orbi mesh networking system, which I have tried troubleshooting on this forum with the help of the community.   The WIFI Calling experience cont...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 11, 2020

I would not be recommended to put the RBR in the DMZ when in AP mode. You need a firewall in between you and your connected devices. 

WPJoe wrote:

Hi - I am having ongoing WIFI Calling issues with my Orbi mesh networking system, which I have tried troubleshooting on this forum with the help of the community.

 

The WIFI Calling experience continues to be very undependable, with a lot of dropped calls and voice dropouts.  Its especially bad on my wife's iPhone.

 

Based on advice of the community I am currently running my Orbi in AP Mode behind a Verizon Fios Quantum router, on which I Have disabled all the SSIDs.

 

I read somewhere that iPhones have real problems with WIFI Calling in this configuration, and someone mentioned moving the Orbi into the DMZ so its not being controlled by the FIOS router.  I wanted to see if it would be recommended to try ENabing the DMZ for the Orbi IP Address?  Would that expose the Orbi in AP Mode to security risks?  Or would this be an OK thing to try?


Thanks.