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Using Orbi with Netgear D7800 and BT Infinity+BT Sports
I have an existing setup of a NETGEAR D7800-100UKS Nighthawk AC2600 and I was interested in adding the Orbi system to it to provide the wifi in the house. I have a BT TV box located in a totally sepe...
I don't believe that you can use a satellite + D7800 without an Orbi router, you need both the RBR50 + RBS50.
Regarding the BT sports on the BT TV box - this is a multicast IPTV so you might struggle to get this working reliably by plugging the bt box into the satellite. Remember that the satellite-2-router link is done over wifi and multicast and wifi don't play well together. It might work but you might get a lot of picture breakup. Really the bt-box should be connected directly via ethernet to the router.
I have my BT-TV box in a different room to the Orbi router. I connect via a long cat6 cable that is hidden under the skirting.
I don't believe that you can use a satellite + D7800 without an Orbi router, you need both the RBR50 + RBS50.
Regarding the BT sports on the BT TV box - this is a multicast IPTV so you might struggle to get this working reliably by plugging the bt box into the satellite. Remember that the satellite-2-router link is done over wifi and multicast and wifi don't play well together. It might work but you might get a lot of picture breakup. Really the bt-box should be connected directly via ethernet to the router.
I have my BT-TV box in a different room to the Orbi router. I connect via a long cat6 cable that is hidden under the skirting.
Thanks for the reply, would still like clarification on if the Orbi Router is necessary if anyone out there knows.
Yes you need the router. The satellite can only get its network connection over the Wi-Fi back haul channels from the router.
So if you have a BT home hub, would you just turn the wifi off on the home hub and connect the Orbi to the router, does the Home Hub still act as the DHCP server etc and do all the routing and the Orbi does the wifi?
When I first got the Orbi, I had the following combination :
HH5 (wifi off) + Orbi in AP mode + BT-TV plugged directly into the Hub. The HH was the modem + router and handled DHCP. Orbi just does wifi.
With the latest firmware (which fixed some IPTV bugs), I moved over to :
Vigor 130 (modem) + Orbi in full router mode + BT-TV plugged directly into Orbi router. Orbi handles routing/DHCP and Wifi
Both worked fine, however, I preferred the second option as it allowed me to finally ditch the Hub.