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Orbi in AP mode
I have replaced my BT home hub router with an Orbi by switching off the BT Home hub wifi to use it only as a modem and then swtiched the Orbi to AP mode because there were conflicts when I was in router mode. The mesh works very well now but I can no longer us the Circle parental control app with the Orbi in AP mode. What can I do? one of the reasons I bought the Orbi was because of the parental controls.
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Couple of options,
1. Configure the modem for transparent bridge or modem only mode. Then use the Orbi router in router mode. You'll need to contact the ISP for help and information in regards to the modem being bridged correctly.
2. If you can't bridge the modem, disable ALL wifi radios on the modem, configure the modems DMZ/ExposedHost or IP Pass-Through for the IP address the Orbi router gets from the modem. Then you can use the Orbi router in Router mode.
3. Or disable all wifi radios on the modem and connect the Orbi router to the modem, configure AP mode on the Orbi router. https://kb.netgear.com/31218/How-do-I-configure-my-Orbi-router-to-act-as-an-access-point and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7LOcJ8GdDo&app=desktop
https://kb.netgear.com/26765/Disabled-Features-on-the-Router-when-set-to-AP-ModeTry option #2 so that you can run the RBR in router mode and keep the use of Circle.
If there is an IP address conflict, this mean the ISP Modem is using 192.168.1.1 as well. If you factory reset the RBR and walk thru the setup wizard while the RBR is connected to the modem/router, the Orbi should change it's 192.168.1.1 address to something different, it should use 10.something instead. If it doesn't, you can manually change the 192.168.1.1 on the RBR to 192.168.0.1 before connecting it to the modem, if the setup wizard fails to change during its setup run.
