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jirkal
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May 07, 2023

New Orbi replacement? Easy or difficult?

Hi there. I have an older Orbi set up and was considering buying a new system for more efficiency (6 years old). Would replacing my old Orbi just be a matter of swapping units ? (Comcast modem in pla...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
May 12, 2023

Any progress on this? 

jirkal wrote:

Hi there. I have an older Orbi set up and was considering buying a new system for more efficiency (6 years old). Would replacing my old Orbi just be a matter of swapping units ? (Comcast modem in place already) will new Orbi assign and find IP addresses for all of my connected devices automatically? Name it the same network? Currently, I have Ethernet to Comcast modem. I don’t need new or I to be a modem….just need it for routing. Hoping it’s just easy. Thank you all!