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ctu5000
Aspirant
Oct 29, 2018

RBR40 - Configuring as Access Point

I have searched/read existing discussions/knowledgebase articles, (and talked to customer support without much help) but haven't found a clear answer to my question... I have an existing wifi netwo...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 29, 2018

You sould need to make sure the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz radios are far from each other for each router unit. Your main host would be set to 1 and the Orbi to 11 on 5Ghz. 

 

I would be best to disable the main routers wifi and just run the Orbi wifi alone...

 

Is this in a home or apt? 

ctu5000's avatar
ctu5000
Aspirant
Oct 30, 2018

Thanks... I'll take a look at that.

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    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Oct 30, 2018

    You can use the DMZ on the 1st router if you wish to use the 2nd router in router mode. Just need to set a different IP address on the 2nd router, ie, 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.5.1.

     

    Let u know how it goes. 

    ctu5000 wrote:

    Thanks... I'll take a look at that.