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Purple light RBR850 - constant losing Internet connection
Hello! I have a RBR850 and RBS850 Mesh system. Since a while, it really often loses the Internet connection. At least it alleges so. The Internet is coming in via a cable connection to an outdoor...
vatoslocos wrote:
I am thinking it maybe has to do with allocation of IP addresses by the Zyxel and Orbi. That they conflict each other from time to time for whatever reason
This is not likely to be the problem. With both the Zyxel and Orbi configured as 'routers', the Zyxel will assign one private IP address to the Orbi router and the Orbi router will assign addresses in a different IP subnet to every device connected to the Orbi. Thousands of users have their customer router connected to an ISP router and experience no problems. (There are specific applications that can be affected by having "two routers" and there are ways to address this Double NAT in those cases.)
I'm guessing you have a copy of the Zyxel User Manual:
https://download.zyxel.com/NR7101/user_guide/NR7101_Version%201.00.pdf
Page 107 describes options for managing the home network. It appears that only certain Zyxel models support "bridge" (or "passthrough") mode.
I was not successful in finding reference to a log file that might indicate problems with the LTE connection that would correspond to entries in the Orbi log file about network interruptions. It might be worth asking Zyxel tech support how to do so.