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Nighthawk App - No longer accessible if Orbi is in AP mode doing the WiFi
So, how come I can no longer access the XR500, using the Nighthawk mobile app when Orbi is in AP mode doing the WiFi? To explain further, I setup the XR500 (no Orbi yet) and it's online doing WiFi a...
migsta wrote:
Then, I disable the WiFi/radios on teh XR500 and put the Orbi online in AP mode but doing the WiFi now.
Is there any reason why you have disabled the wifi on the XR500?
I have an Orbi in AP mode attached to an R7800. (That was the hardware used when Netgear beta tested the XR500's firmware.) I can access the R7800 regardless of the status of the wifi on the R7800.
But I am not familiar with the iOS, so can't comment on that bit.
migsta wrote:
The subject says R7800 but it's the XR500 that I am using. Could not pick it from the Hardware list.
That's probably because you picked the wrong section for your query. You posted your message in the section of this community given over to Nighthawk WiFi Routers. (This is easily done, given Netgear's impenetrable community structure.) Your device is a Nighthawk Pro Gaming Router.
You might get better replies, and find other answers, over in the appropriate section:
Nighthawk Pro Gaming Routers - NETGEAR Communities
Don’t I have to disable the WiFi on the XR500? If not, the Orbi and XR500 would be interfering with each other. Obviously, I would have WiFi 1 for the Orbi and WiFi 2 for the XR500 as an example for SSID’s. Even then, what would be the purpose of WiFi 2 from the XR500 if Orbi should be the main WiFi. Don’t want to have my devices hopping from WiFi 1 to WiFi 2 and vice versa.
migsta wrote:
Don’t I have to disable the WiFi on the XR500? If not, the Orbi and XR500 would be interfering with each other.I haven't disabled the router's wifi. Router and Orbi have different SSIDs and run on different channels.
migsta wrote:
Don’t want to have my devices hopping from WiFi 1 to WiFi 2 and vice versa.That is down to your wifi clients, not the wifi sources. In my experience, wifi clients aren't that promiscuous. Once they find a strong signal they stick with it.
I have a messy Orbi array, with three satellites, one sitting within feet of the R7800. (The Orbi AP is about 15 feet away on a Powerline network.) Never seen any sign of conflict. That's pone of the delights of the Orbi. It seems to be much more intelligent in its wifi networking.