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Orbi w/ AT&T Fiber
I am looking to switch to AT&T fiber. I currently have xfinity internet for which I use my orbi system. AT&T representative said there would be no benefit to using the orbi with their fiber. Is that c...
Putting my Orbi in AP (Access Point) mode and turning off the WIFI on the Arris worked a charm. No more problems.
You have to use the ATT Router. It is becase they identify the equipment by its serial number. So you can't sppof its mac address. But just put thier equipment in ippassthrough and turn off wifi on its router. The orbi will work fine then.
Thanks for the quick response mpf541, however, the Pace 5268AC router has no "pass through" option. It is widely documented on the web. There are some people who have gotten it to work in a partial pass through with other mesh systems, but I have been unable to get it to work with TP-Link Deco and 3 other single unit routers.
I have had the pace 5288AC. I called ATT and explained that I needed a different modem for IP passthrough. Just tell them you have equipment that needs this feature. They will replace it. I currently have a Arris BGW210-700 and it works fine with the orbi.
Have you tried using the DMZ on the Pace modem to see if it works for the Orbi? It should work for it if you want to run the Orbin in router mode.
stevegon wrote:
Thanks for the quick response, however, the Pace 5268AC router has no "pass through" option. It is widely documented on the web. There are some people who have gotten it to work in a partial pass through with other mesh systems, but I have been unable to get it to work with TP-Link Deco and 3 other single unit routers.
FURRYe38 I have not decided on a mesh system yet. I am still trying to find one that will work. "DMZ+" is what Pace calls it and it, and yes I tried it with an Airport Extreme, TP-Link Deco (mesh) and a Netgear nighthawk. None of them worked. DMZ+ is not a passthrough, so it will mess up anything downstream that is trying to manage your network.
Might review this thread and see while your using the PACE modem/router to see if this help with any current external routers you might have, if it does, then this would work for the Orbi as well. Or use the Orbi in AP modem with the PACE modem in router mode.
Seems to have help others on that thread...
stevegon wrote:
Thanks for the quick respons , however, the Pace 5268AC router has no "pass through" option. It is widely documented on the web. There are some people who have gotten it to work in a partial pass through with other mesh systems, but I have been unable to get it to work with TP-Link Deco and 3 other single unit routers.
FURRYe38 Thanks, however, this part of the instructions:
Open a browser and go to: http://192.168.1.254
Go to Settings -> LAN -> LAN IP Address Allocation
Scroll down and locate your router in the list of devices on this screen. It (and all the other devices) will have an IP Address in the 192.168.1.xxx range.
Change the following 2 settings:
Firewall: Enabled -> Disabled, and
Address Assign: Private from pool: 192.168.1.0 -> Public(select Wan IP mapping)
Save and reboot everything.
Is no longer valid. They must have changed the firmware; the Pace 5268 does not show up in that list of devices at all. At the bottom of the post, it says "I believe this gives the same result as setting "DMZPlus mode"". 'DMZ Plus' is simply no IP Passthrough. It is a poor choice of name, because it doesn't actually put anything on your network in a DMZ. In short, doesn't work.
My Orbi set up worked fine on Xfinity. Since I've switched to ATT Fiber, a lot of urls ask me to log in.
I can't even see the Netflix.com main page without it prompting me to log in.
The ATT side has an Arris BGW210-700 and I've turned off its wifi and switched it into passthrough mode
with the RBR50's MAC address as the passthrough target.
I'm at a loss for why some urls just have to stop and ask for a router login.
If I switch my phone over to the cell network, it gets into the same urls just fine, but not on the wireless.
The only change was he Xfinity+Netgear cable modem to ATT+Arris switch.I would remove the IP pass thru the for RBR, then configure AP mode on the RBR.
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
realisticmccoy wrote:My Orbi set up worked fine on Xfinity. Since I've switched to ATT Fiber, a lot of urls ask me to log in.
I can't even see the Netflix.com main page without it prompting me to log in.
The ATT side has an Arris BGW210-700 and I've turned off its wifi and switched it into passthrough mode
with the RBR50's MAC address as the passthrough target.
I'm at a loss for why some urls just have to stop and ask for a router login.
If I switch my phone over to the cell network, it gets into the same urls just fine, but not on the wireless.
The only change was he Xfinity+Netgear cable modem to ATT+Arris switch.- Att doesn’t allow their gateways’ router section to be bypassed, so little if anything to be gained by running two sequential routers.
FWIW, I have att internet and that same gateway with internal WiFi disabled and the Orbi in AP mode.Some have tired this with ATT gateways:
Putting my Orbi in AP (Access Point) mode and turning off the WIFI on the Arris worked a charm. No more problems.
Glad it worked. Enjoy. :smileywink:
realisticmccoy wrote:Putting my Orbi in AP (Access Point) mode and turning off the WIFI on the Arris worked a charm. No more problems.
