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Speeds on my ATT Wireless network SLOWER with Orbi AX600?
Hi, all, I have a mess of smart home equipment and with the pandemic plus my son being home, my wifi has noticeably slowed down (from getting regularly 2-300 mpbs to around 120-150 usually), plus hav...
ATT devices are notorious for their "modem only" mode not functioning properly.
What you could try?
1. put the att device back in router mode.
2. disable the wifi on the att device
3. put the orbi in AP mode (access point)
It disables some features of the orbi device but could allow you to hit the speeds you're paying for.
sadly, att's poor implementation has caused issues before. Some can get bridged mode working properly but others have to resort to using their Orbi's as just AP's.
Someone on the AT&T forum said that AT&T has not yet enabled WiFi 6, so the AX6000 will not even function as an access point. Getting conflicting advice from a few different places, and I am confused! I haven't tried yet, because I'm not sure how to make it function as an access point. Does that mean I turn back on the Wifi function of the AT&T router and basically use both the router and mesh satellite as extenders? If so, how on earth do you set that up in the settings? (technical enough to be dangerous!)
P.S. I know how to walk back the cat on the AT&T side, just not how to set up the Netgear side as an AP.
changing to Ap mode is pretty easy.
and you don't have to shut off the wifi on the ATT device provided that you make sure you seperate out the wireless channels so they're not on the same ones.
Oh and wait, I think I understand what you're suggesting. Let the ATT device be the router & modem, but the Orbi devices will provide the Wifi signal as APs? In AP mode, what functionality would the Orbi lose? I was hoping to take advatage of some of the Armor security SW when that drops and/or install a VPN, I'm guessing that's a non-starter. What about the actual Wifi 6 function I purchased it for, of being able to route to many devices at once?
You do lose some features in AP Mode.
https://kb.netgear.com/000061277/Disabled-Features-on-the-Orbi-when-set-to-AP-Mode
AX and lan routing would all still work fine though.
Armor wouldn't work because the att device would be running all the routing features.