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Will the Orbi system work together if I had the new NightHawk XR700/500 setup as a main router?
Will the Orbi RBR50 + 2 sats work if I had the new NightHawk XR700 or 500 setup as a main router? Basically I have the Orbi setup as a router now but I would like to have the nighthawk setup as the r...
Yes, but I think it would be pointlessly complicated.
- set up your modem to bridge only (no routing functionality)
- connect the Netgear router to the modem by wire, and keep it in router mode.
- wire the RBR50 to the router and put it in access point mode
- connect the satellite(s) to RBR50 normally
i can’t see any possible benefit to this arrangement besides the learn-by-doing game you’d be playing. The RBR50 is a monster router, and the system is already extremely fast and powerful