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steve04KU
Jan 30, 2018Aspirant
Orbi Firewall in AP mode? (related to wifi drops)
I have the RBR50 and an RBS50 satellite. I have become increasingly frustrated by the daily wifi drops... I use Spectrum as my ISP, and have my Orbi setup in AP mode. Currently, my modem/rout...
Steven_Belfast
Jan 30, 2018Apprentice
From what I have seen once set to AP mode all advanced settings like firewall, ect are disabled.
As a access point there would be no need to have a firewall this would be dealt with by the main router.
As a access point there would be no need to have a firewall this would be dealt with by the main router.
steve04KU
Jan 30, 2018Aspirant
That is my concern, as I've disabled the firewall on the router to eliminate wifi drops....
Sounds like I need to turn the router firewalls back on for security reasons.