How to install Orbi mesh wifi with Centurylink Fiber Optic Call Centurylink for your pppoe username and password and vlan number which is (201)Have laptop and ethernet wireLog on to orbilogin.netOn Basic tabMake sure you have to the most updated firmware on your router and satelliteOnce you determine your software is up to dateEnter your internet service provider pppoe and passwordGo into your Advanced tabAdvance setting change to vlan to 201Follow orbi instruction on set upYour internet should connect

Great write up. Thanks for posing. Hope this helps those with CL Fiber services. :smileywink:

I prob missed a step... If firmware is not up to date. Need to connect back to CL router for wifi access to update firmware.

If the modem can be bridged, you can take advantage of the Orbi router features which are usually better and have more features for you to use. If your not to concerned about the features of the Orbi and if AP mode works for you, then use the Orbi in AP mode. https://kb.netgear.com/26765/Disabled-Features-on-the-Router-when-set-to-AP-Mode You might ask your ISP if they have a modem only option that down't include any built in router or wifi features. Some ISP service may need the modem/router combo though. Worth asking about. cboglio wrote:So i guess I have keep the setup that I'm currently using - option 3 (CL modem/router wireless radios disabled + Orbi RBK50 in AP mode) OR CL C3000Z modem in bridge mode + Orbi RBK50 in router mode. Any benefits of either one?

Retired_Member wrote:jhoff909 wrote:Retired_Member wrote:jhoff909 wrote:Retired_Member wrote:https://kb.netgear.com/9665/How-do-I-perform-a-factory-reset-on-my-NETGEAR-router I would NOT try a factory reset on the RBR as suggested.NOTE: A factory reset is necessary when you cannot recover your password.Why *not* try a factory reset? And actually I did try that with the previous firmware and it didn't seem to help at all.I said I wouldn't ...you do what you chooseI was just curious why you said that - I don't think I should ever have to do a factory reset and generally don't. I'm also not someone who reinstalls Windoz every so often.in the 2 years or so that I've had my Orbi I've never performed a factory reset. Why....cause I don't screw with it. I installed it and let it run. I don't perform manual updates or go looking for trouble. The Orbi runs fine if you keep things simple and let it run. That makes sense - I recently swiched from Comcast to CL and had to set it up in PPPoE mode which was a bit challenging to get working. And it isn't optimal (yet).

tummie93 wrote:How to install Orbi mesh wifi with Centurylink Fiber Optic Call Centurylink for your pppoe username and password and vlan number which is (201)Have laptop and ethernet wireLog on to orbilogin.netOn Basic tabMake sure you have to the most updated firmware on your router and satelliteOnce you determine your software is up to dateEnter your internet service provider pppoe and passwordGo into your Advanced tabAdvance setting change to vlan to 201Follow orbi instruction on set upYour internet should connectI wouldn't worry about step#5Once 'connected' to the Internet, the Orbi/Sat should check whether a update is required and the push will be automatically. But even if someone where to follow this sequence and get to #5 and discover the FW is outdated (which may be the case coming out of the box), how do they update it if the Internet connection is at step#11??

Orbi mesh wifi vs Centurylink Fiber Optic = Orbi win

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FURRYe38
Guru
Feb 24, 2020
Great write up. Thanks for posing. Hope this helps those with CL Fiber services.
:smileywink:
Retired_Member
Feb 25, 2020
tummie93 wrote:
How to install Orbi mesh wifi with Centurylink Fiber Optic

Call Centurylink for your pppoe username and password and vlan number which is (201)
Have laptop and ethernet wire
Log on to orbilogin.net
On Basic tab
Make sure you have to the most updated firmware on your router and satellite
Once you determine your software is up to date
Enter your internet service provider pppoe and password
Go into your Advanced tab
Advance setting change to vlan to 201
Follow orbi instruction on set up
Your internet should connect
I wouldn't worry about step#5
Once 'connected' to the Internet, the Orbi/Sat should check whether a update is required and the push will be automatically. But even if someone where to follow this sequence and get to #5 and discover the FW is outdated (which may be the case coming out of the box), how do they update it if the Internet connection is at step#11??
- tummie93
  Tutor
  Feb 25, 2020
  That's not the case for me. There was no prompt to update the firmware. I couldn't connect onto the orbi wifi and kept running into issue. I had to restart the whole process. Had to do step 1 and all the way to step 11 before the Orbi router connected. To update the firmware I was still connected to my old CL router. Once the firmware was updated, Vlan showed up in the Orbilogin.net therefore i was able to log on and change the Vlan to 201 or else nothing will work.
  - tummie93
    Tutor
    Feb 25, 2020
    I prob missed a step...
    
    If firmware is not up to date. Need to connect back to CL router for wifi access to update firmware.
cboglio
Aspirant
Mar 24, 2020
I followed the instructions above how it wont connect to the internet. I have the PPPoE credentials from Centurylink and inputed the information. I also did the VLAN 201 tagging.

Any thoughts?
- cboglio
  Aspirant
  Mar 24, 2020
  I added a second screenshot
- tummie93
  Tutor
  Mar 24, 2020
  U sure the router and both satellite software is updated?
  - cboglio
    Aspirant
    Mar 24, 2020
    tummie93 wrote:
    U sure the router and both satellite software is updated?
    Yes. I checked in both the Orbi app and online router config page.
    
    V 2.5.1.8
    
    Im at a loss.
Toddl3
Aspirant
Aug 22, 2020
If you don't have a laptop and just an iPhone, can you do this set up
- FURRYe38
  Guru
  Aug 22, 2020
  You can set up any Orbi wifi system using the Orbi app.
  Toddl3 wrote:
  If you don't have a laptop and just an iPhone, can you do this set up

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