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Orbi RBE770/771 Mesh - Static IP a NOGO
I purchased the Orbi system in January 2025 and most of that time I had this system running behind my private LAN as a router - technically speaking, double-NATing. For clarity I have 30+ years in I...
For years my "go to" method for collecting network information was to insert a managed switch between the devices to be monitored (in this case the switch and the FIOS ONT). Would then mirror the two ports to a third port and connect that port to a computer running Wireshark.
Life got a lot simpler when I found the Dualcomm10/100/1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet Network TAP [ETAP-2003] on Amazon. At $229, it is not cheap, but it works gangbusters.
I belabor this topic because it is not clear (to me) that Netgear engineering is likely to get very far solving a riddle that depends on having access to FIOS, multiple Static IPs, and an RBE771 router.
Since you have established that multiple FIOS Static IPs appear to work correctly with Asus router and (Windows?) laptop, the obvious question is, "what is different between those two setups and the RBE771?"