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Orbi connection to cell phone
I live in a remote mountain area and use Viasat as my internet connection. Not good and expensive.What Orbi hardware do I need to connect to an iPhone 11 using AT&T as a provider?
bobglenn67 wrote:I live in a remote mountain area and use Viasat as my internet connection. Not good and expensive.What Orbi hardware do I need to connect to an iPhone 11 using AT&T as a provider?
WiFi routers are designed to connect to a cable modem or fiber ONT using ethernet. iPhones have no ethernet jack, so it is physically imposible to connect an Orbi (or any other brand) WiFi router to the iPhone.
Many people report using an LTE modem with their mobile provider. Most LTE modems are packaged as combination LTE modem/WiFi router units. If the property is too large to get good coverage from the built-in WiFi, you can connect an Orbi mesh system to the LTE modem. FURRYe38 is correct to point out that having two routers can cause problems for specific applications and there are ways to work around those problems if they occur.
I hope I have not somehow missed the point of the question.