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Mick01640
Aspirant
Jun 18, 2017

RBR50 *2 for dual WAN ?

Hi, with 2 Internet acces provider.
I use FVS336Gv2 to aggregate the 2 WANs.
Then 7500 to share Wifi.
It work well, but :
- lack of house and garden coverage
- 2 devices management (in add of 2 modems)
- only 4 wires connexions for main subnet (need one more switch)
- need for better Wifi performance

So, could I use two connected RBR50 for dual WAN and Tri-Band functionality ?

Other thinks, could we add a 4G WAN on RBR50 ?

Thanks in advance for your time to answer 😊.

Mick
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  • st_shaw's avatar
    st_shaw
    Master
    Jun 18, 2017

     

    Your best bet is to keep your FVS336Gv2 dual-wan router, and replace your existing WiFi with Orbi in Access Point mode.

     

  • peteytesting's avatar
    peteytesting
    Hero
    Jun 18, 2017

    hi

     

    i will try and make some sense of your questioning as its a bit all over the place so i will try and break it down into bite sized chunks

     

    Mick01640 wrote:
    Hi, with 2 Internet acces provider.
    I use FVS336Gv2 to aggregate the 2 WANs.
    Then 7500 to share Wifi.





    so i assume the wifi is the netgear r7500


    the FVS336Gv2 is acting as your router so its fine to leave it doing that


    the simplest way would be to run the orbi system in AP mode behind the FVS336Gv2 , this would also avoid dual nat
    Mick01640 wrote:


    So, could I use two connected RBR50 for dual WAN and Tri-Band functionality ?

    Other thinks, could we add a 4G WAN on RBR50 ?

    Thanks in advance for your time to answer 😊.

    Mick

     

    the orbi doesnt have dual wan connectivity so you would still have to use the FVS336Gv2 for that

     

    the orbi doesnt currently support any form of 3g/4g support

     

    also the orbi isnt actually tri band as such as the second 5 gig is used specifically for its backhaul connectivity and is not available for client connection use

     

    hope that answers a few questions for you

     

    pete

    • Mick01640's avatar
      Mick01640
      Aspirant
      Jun 18, 2017

      Dear Pete,

      Yes is it the netgear r7500.

       

      I had hoping to connect two RBR50 for all my need.

      And 4G support with USB.

       

      But not. Good explanation/information :)

       

      See You.