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Waveslave
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Jul 19, 2022
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Connecting a Orbi 750 to another Orbi 750 as an access point

Can anyone explain the steps needed to connect to exact Orbi routers 750 so 1 can be wired to gateway (AT&T fiber modem) and the other act as a wireless access point to get my satellite out further from the main router with stronger signal ?
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    CrimpOn
    Jul 20, 2022
    Waveslave wrote:
    Can anyone explain the steps needed to connect to exact Orbi routers 750 so 1 can be wired to gateway (AT&T fiber modem) and the other act as a wireless access point to get my satellite out further from the main router with stronger signal ?

    "Wireless" is the key word.  Orbi routers (base unit, even when in Access Point mode) must be connected with an Ethernet cable to their network host.

    i.e. LAN port on the first 750 to the Internet (WAN) port on the second 750.  Cheap-o WiFi Extenders (even Netgear extenders) can connect to their host WiFi router over WiFi, but not the Orbi router (base unit).

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  • CrimpOn's avatar
    CrimpOn
    Guru
    Jul 20, 2022
    Waveslave wrote:
    Can anyone explain the steps needed to connect to exact Orbi routers 750 so 1 can be wired to gateway (AT&T fiber modem) and the other act as a wireless access point to get my satellite out further from the main router with stronger signal ?

    "Wireless" is the key word.  Orbi routers (base unit, even when in Access Point mode) must be connected with an Ethernet cable to their network host.

    i.e. LAN port on the first 750 to the Internet (WAN) port on the second 750.  Cheap-o WiFi Extenders (even Netgear extenders) can connect to their host WiFi router over WiFi, but not the Orbi router (base unit).