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XR1000+Orbi
Can I mix and match Netgear XR100 and Netgear Orbi and make them work together somehow? Goal is to have the gaming options on the XR1000 and stability of the Orbi working together in tandem?
XR. Just hit the wifi LED button on the top of the router for 3 seconds then release.
Ok. All the lan cables connected to the Orbi stay on Orbi or I plug them in the XR?
You can keep all plugged into Orbi.
For any wired gaming, you can connect those devices directly to the XR if you like.
- Ok. As soon as I set Orbi to be a AP I lost internet. Wi-Fi on the XR is off. What am I missing?
Edit: Restarted everything and it’s working fine. I’ll keep watching this and see how they perform together.
I appreciate your help!You will temporarily loose internet.
What Orbi model do you have?
I recommend this, set the XR default DHCP IP address range to .100 to .200.
When when you configure the RBR for AP mode, use Set Static Configuration.
Set the IP address on the RBR for 192.168.1.(first two numbers of RBR model here) i.e. 192.168.1.85.Set same Subnet mask as XR which should be 255.255.255.0
Gateway will be the XR routers IP address which should be 192.168.1.1
DNS you can use same XR gateway IP address or input a custom DNS addresses here, google, cloudfare or Quad9 works here for both DNS.
Apply the change and the RBR should reboot.
After it reboots the RBR should have internet access and front LED should go from PINK to BLUE the OFF or PINK To OFF.