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Orbi with Engenius Outdoor AP should I adjust settings/mode?
I recently switched from an Apple Airport home network to the Orbi RBR50 with 2 satellites. So far so good. I already had an Engenius ENS1750 outdoor access point installed outside my house so my la...
ipswichclam wrote:So far, I think they are playing together nicely.
It may seem that they are playing together nicely, but that could be an illusion. For one, there will be no automatic "hand-off" between the Orbi and the Engenius. Second, there could be issues when devices on one network need to communicate with devices on the other network. (For example, I regularly print from my smartphone and tablet to a printer on my Orbi network. People seem to have a devil of a time with network media servers with complicated networks. And, the "double NAT" definitely causes issues with specific applications.)
There seems to be no urgency. When there is, getting to a single router may be the solution.
Thank you, that makes sense. I think I may put the Orbi in AP mode to avoid the double NAT.