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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...
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.