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mandmonthego
Feb 08, 2018Follower
ORBI vs Nighthawk
I had chatted with a Netgear support person about our Nighthawk AC1900. I was hoping to extend our wifi signal to outlying areas in our yard and our barn that is about 200 feet from our router. I wa...
FURRYe38
Mar 12, 2018Guru - Experienced User
I would set manual channel to 1, 6 or 11 on the Orbi router.
Also you have a built in router in the modem as well. This is a gateway router/modem. IT's recommended to either turn this combo unit into a modem only or use the on board DMZ for the IP address that the Orbi router gets from the ISP modem.
Also this is a Intel based modem. There are known issues with Intel based modems:
I'm currnent using an RBK22 system AC2200. 1 Satellite. I don't have any cameras out side. All mine are inside.