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jules2323
Aspirant
May 08, 2018

Orbi and BT Home Hub 4

Hi,   My setup consists of a BT Openreach DSL box which in turn is connected via ethernet to my BT Home Hub 4. I have disabled wifi on the home hub and plugged my Orbi in .. in router mode. Every...
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jules2323
Aspirant
May 08, 2018

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunatly internet tells me BT Home Hub 4 does not support bridge mode. DMZ option looks limited.

So I guess, access point mode or I by something like a Netgear DM200 to replace the home hub 4?

 

Or live with the seperate subnet

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
May 08, 2018

Give the DMZ a try...should work for Orbi in router mode.

I would check with your ISP first to see what they support or BYOM.

Some say that the DM200 is not a good modem.