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Orbi and printer on one network, PC on another
Hi- just got my new Orbi set up and pretty happy. But having some printer and file sharing trouble. A main PC and the Orbi are both plugged into cable modem, which hands out DHCP addresses. So mai...
Perhaps, but LAN ports are a scarce resource on the Orbi router. Might as well use the WAN port and save a LAN port for the LAN.
One can always add a non managed swtich to the back of the RBR for additional ports. I use many behind my router.
Let’s review.
LAN-LAN works, but consumes a LAN port.
WAN-LAN works without consuming a LAN port.
Ergo, you should revise your copy’n’paste response to advise using the WAN port when it works.