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PhilQ
Aug 15, 2019Aspirant
Telephone Connection
I purchased and installed the Orbi to take the place of the cox panoramic wifi modem but I missed the fact that our home telephone was also plugged into the cox wifi modem. I really like the Orbi bu...
FURRYe38
Aug 15, 2019Guru - Experienced User
Did you have the CBR40 or a RBR series?
The CBR system doesn't support phone lines. NGs CM1150v does.
- PhilQAug 15, 2019Aspirant
I have the CBR40 which I really like. Is there something I can add just for the phone?
- FURRYe38Aug 15, 2019Guru - Experienced User
Unfortunately no. Thats hardware feature which the CBR40 doesn't support.
If you need phone line support, you can do the following configuration:
CM1150v and then attach a RBK40 system to the CM modem. RBK40 or RBK20 series is same as the CBK40, just no built in modem in the RBK series.