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Help please
1. I would like to know how to get alerts on the INSIGHT app when a device joins my network? I have the BR500, Orbi Pro Gen 1. 2. I have an Xfinity modem router and a BR500 with Orbi Pro and wou...
I put the Xfinity modem router in bridge mode and all is now working with the filtering
Allow some remarks (even if i don't qualify lack of practical experience).
- The Orbi Pro does support the new Insight Content Filtering - just like the Insight WAC and WAX do as plain AP - so I assume the Orbi Pro can handle it in both router and AP mode.
- I can't see any option where we can select which Insight device(s) are activated for filtering. If multiple device in the data path have Content Filtering enabled, for example an Orbi Pro and a WAC5xx/WAX6xx on it's LAN, each DNS query will be checked multiple times. The performance geeks might complain about the added delay, and everybody will see a multiplied use rate on the Content Filter counter of 200k per day.
- The BR500 does not support the new Insight Content Filtering, I guess you use the BR500 as the router, making a wired data path not passing the Orbi Pro not captured by the filter.
- Completely lost on how making the Xfinity to a plain bridge alone should change the Content Filter behaviour.
- Additional to the bridge mode: Have you reconfigured the Orbi Pro to router mode along with this config change? But now I don't know what/how the BR500 should work, because in my understanding, also Xfinity does only allow one router attached (except for business contracts).
- For any testing, be aware the major OS have a local DNS cache, so quickly enable/disable some rules won't have an immediate effect - except you are going to drop the DNS cache on the test device.
YeZ lot of oddities to clear up here!
- I had to do the same thing when I was playing around with OPENDNS.
https://support.opendns.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360071800412-rb500-netgear- Orbi Pro is in AP mode still . All is working great and I love the force safe search setting mode in the insight.
BIG9MM wrote:
Orbi Pro is in AP mode still . All is working great and I love the force safe search setting mode in the insight.Great, so the BR500 is the only router active. Keep in mind that systems or switches wired direct to the BR500 LAN ports will bypass the Orbi Pro based Insight Content Filter. Said this: Netgear must bring the Insight Content Filter to the BR200/BR500, too. YeZ
BIG9MM wrote:
I had to do the same thing when I was playing around with OPENDNS.https://support.opendns.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360071800412-rb500-netgearReviewed that, thank you.
The obvious difference (leaving the additional NAT alone) is that typical CPE in router mode provide their own LAN IP with DHCP, while in bridge mode the ISP does provide it's own DNS IPs by DHCP (resp the PPPoE counterpart where applicable on two wire xDSL). For the case where you implemented OpenDNS on the BR500 (along with an updater on the network), the two resp. three OpenDNS DNS IPs must be used and configured on the BR500. If these don't reach the Open DNS infrastructure, well possible the ISP does capture plain text DNS queries on the router, and redirect these to it's own DNS.
- I took the Orbi out of AP Mode in directly running it as a router and it seems to be more stable.I’m not sure if there’s a conflict between the BR500 IP address with the ORBI Pro. Filtering works still the same by setting it up as a router or putting it in AP mode. Xfinity modem is still in bridge mode as that is the only way to make the filtering work. If you’re interested to do some remote connection and check out my settings perhaps we can work something out just p.m. me. Thanks for all your help and information it’s great value to the community to have individuals like you.
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