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OrbiRBR20 with Netgear D7000
Just bought Orbi RBR20 to improve signal around the house. Currently have Netgear D7000 Nighthawk modem/router. Will it work with my RBR20?
The short answer is, "yes". The more complicated answer is, "You have choices."
- As long as you do not have too many ethernet devices to plug in (or have a cheap switch),
you can simply replace the Nighthawk with the Orbi and keep the Nighthawk in a closet as a spare.
Give the Orbi exactly the same WiFi name (SSID) and password as the NIghthawk.
All your devices will never know the Nighthawk is gone. - You can ADD the Orbi to the Nighthawk, turn off the WiFi on the Nighthawk, and put the Orbi into Access Point (AP) mode so that the Nighthawk still controls the network and the Orbi simply provides WiFi.
What I did personally (in exactly this situation) was replace the Nighthawk with my new Orbi and connect a cheap 8-port switch to the Orbi so that I could connect all the "office stuff" (desktops, printers, NAS boxes) directly to the Orbi router and let the rest of the house connect over WiFi.
Does this help?