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Orbi and managing wired connections
Hi
I have an Orbi RBK23 with two ports, one is connected to an umanaged Netgear 12 port switch and one goes to the sky hub router. There are two Orbi satellites.
Should I be able to plug into...
danesbury wrote:
However, now I can't get back into the ORBI router to change it back...
If the Orbi is an AP mode, then you need to find its IP address. You should be able to do that by connecting to its wifi and looking at the IP address for that connection.
Or your Sky HUb will have some sort of way of telling you the devices that are connected to it.
Look for the Orbi, find its IP address, put that into a browser and you should get back control.
But putting the Orbi into router mode leads to the problems you started off with.
Welcome to the wonderful world of ISPs that shove users into a straitjacket that deprives them of the opportunity to choose their own hardware. BT is the same, which is why many experience BT customers never unwrap their HomeHubs and install their own modems. (Mine cost ~£30.)
If it doesn't want to provoke the wrath of the regulators, ISPs cannot force you to use its modem. (Ofcom took another swipe today.) But who knows what else the Sky Hub delivers?
Answered: Using own modem with Fibre - Sky Community
The challenge would be to find a modem that works on Sky.
Thanks.
I just want to put it back to Router mode with the Sky Hub as it is with Wifi deactivated.
I can't get back into ORBI, I found the IP and I'm connected to it via WiFi,
192.168.0.32 is the ORBI and 192.168.0.1 is the Sky Hub Router.
The only problem for me putting ORBI back into Router mode is the loss of control of wired devices.
Put 192.168.0.32 into your browser. Or try clicking that. It should bring up the web interface for the Orbi.
danesbury wrote:
The only problem for me putting ORBI back into Router mode is the loss of control of wired devices.
You will have to live with that, or get a different modem.
