Orbi working with Arris Surfboard SVG2482AC Modeum/router

lets seperate these out. 

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kenkard wrote:

I currently have the above Surfboard modeum/router with an extender I thus have 3 network my home/2g/5g. If I understand it correctly the extender extends the actual signal but loose speed----Not always true. A standard extender has to receive and then restransmit using the same wireless chip. and it can't do both at once, so it cuts throughput (speed) in half. This isn't true of the tribands as they reserver a 2nd 5ghz band just for router----extender communication. There isn't nearly the same speed penalty. 

And some of the extenders and all the current tribands have the option of mesh extender. meaning they can use the same ssid as the router and bandsteer between the 2.4ghz and 5ghz. 

 

 

vs the orbi which mainatins both signalk as well as speed is that correct?------for the most part. If you're using the triband orbi's. It uses the same ssid for router/satellites and bandsteers between them.   

 

Can I use the orbi router with the Surfboard? Sure. But you'd want to fix the double nat issue of running 2 routers on the same network. You could disable the surfboards router and run it as just a modem, you could put the orbi in access point mode, or you could add the orbi's ip address to the surfboards DMZ.  One of those options would fix the double nat issue. 

Will I have any issue with Xfinity/Comcast?  No*, I've ran a arris modem/router combo device before on my network with an orbi setup connected to it. 

*its never a 100% as different device manufacturers could have changes/firmware updates that could induce problems. It wouldn't be the first time but it *should* work. 

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