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Orbi, Circle, and Powerline 2000 help needed
I have the Orbi RBR20 with three RBW30's attached throughout the house. We use Circle to limit the kids time on the devices. The internet connection wasn't good enough for gaming though, so I bought ...
Sounds like it is something the Netgear Powerline devices are doing then as has already been suggested.
I realise this doesn't help you directly but I can confirm that Devolo devices work for us without interferrng with Circle. The Develo devices have their own IP address assigned by the Orbi using DHCP and those IP addressses also appears in Circle which we have just put into "unmanaged".
I'm sure you don't want to spend any more money on this. Hope you find a solution.
DatabaseJase wrote:Sounds like it is something the Netgear Powerline devices are doing then as has already been suggested.
I realise this doesn't help you directly but I can confirm that Devolo devices work for us without interferrng with Circle. The Develo devices have their own IP address assigned by the Orbi using DHCP and those IP addressses also appears in Circle which we have just put into "unmanaged".
I'm sure you don't want to spend any more money on this. Hope you find a solution.
Are your devices connected to the Devolo by wire, or wifi only? Would this make any difference in speeds for gaming consoles and the ability to monitor/control them with Circle?
So yeah, nevermind, it looks like Devolo is just for that weird European type electricity. :-)
I never realised that Devolo wasn't available/worked in the US.
As I suggested I'd look into using the Netgear Powerline devices as wired backhaul for the Orbi satellites as that way it doesn't matter what they are doing with MAC addresses as the devices connecting to Orbi would function as normal. If the broadband connection is fast enough for gaming then the issue is most likely the speed/reliability of the Orbi wireless backhaul.
DatabaseJase wrote:I never realised that Devolo wasn't available/worked in the US.
As I suggested I'd look into using the Netgear Powerline devices as wired backhaul for the Orbi satellites as that way it doesn't matter what they are doing with MAC addresses as the devices connecting to Orbi would function as normal. If the broadband connection is fast enough for gaming then the issue is most likely the speed/reliability of the Orbi wireless backhaul.
I appreciate the suggestions, I really do, but I haven't the first clue on how to even accomplish that. I'm not a guy who has the patience or the know-how to set that up. I mean, simple, step by step instructions is one thing, but "you should just do this" is above my pay grade. Don't take offense to that. I'm actually smiling as I type this. That's why I bought the Orbi system in the first place- simple plug and play. It was great until we (apparently) began trying to feed too much data through and then discovered that it was out of date, making adding satellites next to impossible since they aren't in production anymore. I'm willing to try anything before buying an updated system, but I don't have the knowledge to simply, make it happen.