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wahuwa
Aspirant
Jan 01, 2017

Replacing Airport Extremes with Orbi and 2 Satellites

Several questions: 1) Can I change the Orbi assigned Network name with my old Airport Extreme WiFi name (after Orbi installation)? 2) My current Apple wifi connects to my Comcast Gateway with Gatew...
Installation
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murchman
Apprentice
Jan 01, 2017

You can name your wifi network/s the same as your old system, this will make it pretty transparent to all your devices as long as you keep the password the same too.

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    wahuwa
    Aspirant
    Jan 01, 2017

    Thx Murchman. Can I I change the name right at setup?

     

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      murchman
      Apprentice
      Jan 01, 2017

      Yes i think so but don't remember 100%