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Ron52
Mar 02, 2020Aspirant
RBR50 slow ethernet
For some reason my RBR50 is running at 100 mb on the ethernet ports. Using cat5e. My config is FIOS Router -> RBR50 -> gigabit switch. Switch has one light illuminated which means 100 mb, anything co...
Ron52
Mar 02, 2020Aspirant
Ok thank you! Any other tips? I have Frontier FIOS and had the router in bridge mode but Frontier doesn't support me if I call so I switched it out of bridge mode and just disabled wifi. Pretty sure this setup will cause NAT issues though.
FURRYe38
Mar 02, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Try this: Disable ALL wifi radios on the modem, configure the modems DMZ/ExposedHost or IP Pass-Through for the IP address the Orbi router gets from the modem. Then you can use the Orbi router in Router mode.