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rapshank1882
Jul 29, 2025Tutor
Switching to Community Fibre from BT UK
Hi Does anyone know if the transition from BT FTTP to Community Fibre FTTP is worth it or has anyone on here switched providers? BT is £20 more p/m compared to CF 1Gbps offering which offers...
rapshank1882
Aug 03, 2025Tutor
Sorted. Called CF support and they cleared the cached mac addresses from their side and booom, 2.5 up and down instantly.
Orbi running in router mode with default settings applied after factory reset. Only thing I disabled was IoT WiFi as I never had that enabled previously.
Final question, what are the optimum router mode settings for my Orbi RBR850 or shall I stick with the default ones?
Thanks all for your help and recommendations.
- FURRYe38Aug 03, 2025Guru - Experienced User
Glad you got it working. Please mark your thread as solved so others will know. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/000062080/How-do-I-back-up-the-configuration-settings-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-System
Enjoy. 📡