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kb8man
Aspirant
Dec 28, 2019

possibility of using ORBI as an AP to utilize my share drive on netgear on r6400

Hi all had a cloud drive set up on my old router AC1750 (R6400)   Was wondering if I set up orbi 50 as an AP and turned off the wifi on the r6400 if my cloud drive would work? Also, If it can work ...
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kb8man
Aspirant
Dec 28, 2019

To do this do I need to reset the settings on the old R6400 to default? 

 

I am not sure how to accomplish this. Thank you.

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SW_
Prodigy
Dec 28, 2019
kb8man wrote:

To do this do I need to reset the settings on the old R6400 to default? 

 

I am not sure how to accomplish this. Thank you.

No reset required.

 

Assuming R6400 was working normally prior to Orbi, here are some general steps:

  1. Swtich Orbi to AP Mode, save the change, and turn Orbi off
  2. Unplug the Orbi from the current modem
  3. Turn off the modem
  4. Plug R6400 WAN port into the modem
  5. Turn on modem and wait for it to settle down
  6. Turn on R6400 and wait for it to settle down
  7. Turn off WiFi/wireless radio for both 2.4GHz and 5GHz on R6400, save the change
  8. Connect the Orbi yellow WAN port to one of the LAN ports on R6400
  9. Turn on Orbi and wait for it to settle down

Once Orbi is up and running in AP mode, you can make other changes to Orbi such as assigning a static IP address to Orbi if you want.