RBR350 not connecting to internet

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Adriangsmith wrote:

Hi, I have an RBR350 with two satelites. All has been working well, connected to the internet via a Huawei B818-263 fixed wireless modem on an Optus (australia) connection.

That Huawei looks like a modem/router with its own wifi. If so, you are piling router on router.

Two routers on your network can cause headaches. For example, you can end up with local problems with addresses on your network. Among other things, the other router can misdirect traffic to addresses that the Netgear router usually handles, such as routerlogin.net or the usual default IP address for a router, 192.168.1.1.

This explains some of the other drawbacks.

What is Double NAT? | Answer | NETGEAR Support

Unless you have specific reasons for using two routers – to create two separate networks for example – it is often easier to use just one router and then to set up the second router as a wifi access point (AP) with a wired connection to the main router. Netgear advises this, as does just about every site you will visit.

How do I configure my Orbi router to act as an access point? - NETGEAR Support

But that has its own drawbacks:

Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR Support