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Netgear nighthawk xr500 and Orbi RBR50 Mesh wifi
Hi - Is it possible to connect the Orbi RBR50 mesh wifi system as an access point to the Nighthawk xr500? My current setup is Gateway/Modem--> XR 500 WAN port. XR 500 Lan port---> Orbi RBR50 (ro...
That is exactly how I would recommend having it setup so that the XR can control the whole network effectively. I'd suggest now having a look at the XR settings to fine tune the network.
What settings do you think i could fine tune? If you have any recommendations.
Thanks!
You can use a Wi-Fi analyser to work out which channel to use based on which is the least congested!
Otherwise as long as you resolved the NAT type issues caused by the upstream router, you should be good to go!