Orbi Upgrade from RBK50 to RBK752/AX4200

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aestrella wrote:

If will leave RBR50 on, I will still have to disconnect it from ONT since I need to transfer internet connection to the new system, correct?

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Perhaps a little more nuance would be helpful.  The key in changing WiFi routers is that the new system should have exactly the same WiFi name (SSID) and password as the old system so that all devices will connect automatically.  (unless for some bizzare reason you want to change the SSID and go through the hassle.)

A lot depends on how much you have done to customize the Orbi setup.  Have you

• Assigned specific IP addresses to certain devices?
• Gone to a lot of work customizing the way devices appear in the Attached Devices list?
  (names, device types, etc.)
• Set up DDNS or OpenVPN?
• Forwarded any ports?
• Customized the DHCP range?
• Defined your own DNS servers?

If you have done much of this, then you do not want devices connecting before these things are defined and the plan would be to

• Power up the new system, but not connected to the ONT.
• Go through the setup, but do NOT set the SSID/password.
• Once everything is the way it should be, then power off the old Orbi
• switch the ONT to the new Orbi router and
• Change the SSID/password to match the old system

If you have done nothing at all except set the SSID/password, then just switch the ONT to the new system and go through the setup.