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ViperStripes
Nov 23, 2017Aspirant
Orbi with Sky Q
I haven't bought an Orbi yet, but good Black Friday deals available. I'm trying to understand which of the 2 setups below is actually how Orbi works. Read reviews and I can't quite tell. My curren...
ViperStripes
Nov 24, 2017Aspirant
Anyone?
st_shaw
Nov 25, 2017Master
I don't have any experience with SkyQ, but Orbi can either:
1) Serve as a normal router, behind a modem, or
2) Serve as a WiFi access point behind an existing router.
If your SkyQ router has no special features you need for your service, then you should be able to replace it with Orbi. Otherwise, you can plug Orbi into the router and run Orbi in access point mode.