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RBK53 AP Mode Not Working with TDS Fiber Modem
Hello everyone. I have searched through the forum and on the web and cannot find info specific to my situation. I have fiber through TDS, they have provided a Calix 716ge modem (ONT), and my RBK53 ro...
Your ISP modem needs to either function as a router - meaning your Orbi would be in Access Point mode; or, your ISP modem needs to be put into bridge mode, and your Orbi functioning as the router. I don't see the value of putting putting yet another dvice in the middle. I have been wrong before though - ask my wife ;)
He's got an ONT that not user configured. WE believe it's already bridged there. He just needs a NAT router now to connect in between the ONT and Orbi that he wants to configure for AP mode which needs a host router to get NAT and DHCP from. :smileywink:
theoak wrote:Your ISP modem needs to either function as a router - meaning your Orbi would be in Access Point mode; or, your ISP modem needs to be put into bridge mode, and your Orbi functioning as the router. I don't see the value of putting putting yet another dvice in the middle. I have been wrong before though - ask my wife ;)