Set Orbi as a bridge instead of an access point

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MatTeague wrote:

Hi everyone,

 

I'm new on here so I hope I've posted this correctly. I currently have a ASUS router (thinking of changing this to a Nighthawk) but I wanted to get an Orbi to ack as a wireless bridge. Is this possible to set the Orbi to bridge mode and keep my current router managing the network and still have its own wifi? 

 

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so just to clarify what you want here

you want to keep your current router running with its wifi enabled and have the orbi connect back to that router via wifi ? that is what is known as a wireless repeater and the orbi does not do that and it would be a waste of the orbi even if it did as you would lose 50% of the throughput to the repeater

the logic here is that if you do connect the orbi router to the asus or netgear by ethernet and run it in access point mode and switch of the wifi in the asus or netgear you would achieve the same if not better than doing repeater mode and have better coverage