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Orbi RBK30 IP Address problem
hello
i have Orbi RBK30 at home i use it in the frist floor and my router in the ground floor and i put the same name for the wifi for both so i do not need to switch between my wifi
but ...
so is better to give each wifi different name?
meCOOL wrote:
so is better to give each wifi different name?
If you mean one for the Orbi access point and another for the router's wifi, then probably yes if you want the printer to be able to distinguish between the two.
Orbi should go down that road automatically when you set it up.It will pick a wifi SSID of its own.
But you may have confused the poor thing by installing one router behind an other router. If you now have the Orbi in AP mode, then you might like to reboot the whole network so that everything understand its place in the world.
As this is a router, there is probably a modem sitting in front of it. You need to get the router to forget its misspent past with the old modem. That means rebooting the network.
Be sure to restart your network in this sequence:
- Turn off and unplug modem.
- Turn off router and computers.
- Plug in and turn on modem. Wait 2 minutes for it to connect.
- Turn on the router and wait 2 minutes for it connect.
- Turn on Orbi AP and wait for it connect.
- Turn on computers and rest of network.
Forget about IP addresses and the printer. It is the SSID that matters, but back to the printer.,
The usual way to manage wifi printers is to find the printer maker's utility, the software that runs on your operating system. Then use that to connect the printer to the wifi.