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Router vs AP mode
Which is better? I’m currently using router mode. Will AP mode still allow me to use the LAN ports on the satellites to connect my PCs and consoles? I’ve tried AP mode before but the ports stopped wo...
Which is better?
Hard to tell. It depends on the circumstances and what you want to do with the thing. For example, this may be important to you:
Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR Support
You certainly need a router on your network.
You don't; say what the Arris Gateway is. I assume that it is a modem/router. If that is your router, the the Orbi is best put in AP mode.
You refer to a "security feature". That could mean anything. Is it something that the Orbi also provides? Is it real? Or one of those sales pitches that hardware makers put on their boxes?
The simplest way to check if AP mode would do anything about "lags" would be to conduct your own experiment.
The Arris Gateway is a modem/router I just can’t remember off the top of my head the model# and it does all the things that the Orbi does, and more. I can actually set which devices are take priority (low, med, high) like in normal NG routers.
As for the security feature, the gateway was provided by my ISP, they didn’t go over anything about the gateway. Just installed it and that was it. I’m thinking somewhere in the lines of ddos protection or firewall that I turned off. Just I’d have to log back in just to check.
I really want to just put Orbi to AP mode, but last I tried I couldn’t use the lan ports on the back of the satellites. Is that one of the things I lose putting it in AP mode?
As for the security feature, the gateway was provided by my ISP, they didn’t go over anything about the gateway. Just installed it and that was it. I’m thinking somewhere in the lines of ddos protection or firewall that I turned off. Just I’d have to log back in just to check.
I really want to just put Orbi to AP mode, but last I tried I couldn’t use the lan ports on the back of the satellites. Is that one of the things I lose putting it in AP mode?
dangitzin wrote:
I really want to just put Orbi to AP mode, but last I tried I couldn’t use the lan ports on the back of the satellites. Is that one of the things I lose putting it in AP mode?No. I have an Orbi on AP mode. The LAN ports work just fine.
I’m thinking somewhere in the lines of ddos protection or firewall that I turned off.Sound like the same as you get on the Orbi.
dangitzin wrote:
The Arris Gateway is a modem/router I just can’t remember off the top of my head the model# and it does all the things that the Orbi does, and more. I can actually set which devices are take priority (low, med, high) like in normal NG routers.
..............If you think that your ISP router has better router functionality than Orbi then please remove the bridging on the ISP router and set Orbi in AP Mode.
As others mentioned, there is NO reason for your Satellite's LAN ports NOT to work in AP Mode as in Router Mode.
