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Firierab
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Apr 20, 2020

ORBI AC1200

ORBI RBR10 PLUS TWO RBS10's connected to a Vodaphone THG3000 Modem/Router.

Although this system is connected and works fairly well, it is not as good as I had thought it would be. I still have issues, one being that the Orbi app keeps telling me that the internet is offline however everything appears to be connected??  I have disabled the wireless from the THG3000. My question is, do I bin the THG3000 and go the whole hog and buy a proper Modem, and if so what would be recommended for the Orbi System

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  • Firierab wrote:

    ORBI RBR10 PLUS TWO RBS10's connected to a Vodaphone THG3000 Modem/Router.

    Although this system is connected and works fairly well, it is not as good as I had thought it would be. I still have issues, one being that the Orbi app keeps telling me that the internet is offline however everything appears to be connected??  I have disabled the wireless from the THG3000. My question is, do I bin the THG3000 and go the whole hog and buy a proper Modem, and if so what would be recommended for the Orbi System


    You're getting the offline notice because you're running a double nat. Disabling wifi doesn't disable the routing function on the thg3000. You'd need it in passthrough mode or the orbi in AP (access point) mode. 

    https://kb.netgear.com/30186/What-is-Double-NAT

     

    You've also bought the most basic of the orbi systems that's only a dual band. The benefits to the tri-band setups is that they reserve one radio just for router----satellite communication. It has much better throughput (speed) than the dual band setups. 

    Not saying this setup is bad but the devices running of the satellites tend to run at a lower speed than the other orbi systems.

    https://dongknows.com/netgear-orbi-rbk13-ac1200-dual-band-mesh-wi-fi-system-review/