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Then I decided to ditch the G3100 and just use the Orbi 970
I purchased this high-priced mesh system figuring I would be blown away. It worked well at first as an AP with the Verizon FIOS G3100 router. Then I decided to ditch the G3100 and just use the Orbi 9...
Just posting an update... set up the system with a new Cat 8 cable directly from the modem in the ONT box up to the RBE973S Router. Used the ORBI App on my iPhone to hook up the router and satellites. Everything is working perfectly. I can also access the router settings via 192.168.1.1... I did update the firmware on the router with the ORBI app, not via the PC interface. I got a little nervous because I read on the Netgear site that satellites should be updated before the router. Anyway, the router and both satellites are running the same firmware. What is the best way to update future firmware?
Ya in a perfect world. LOL All this would work.
Different ISPs do different things sometimes. FIber, Cable and DSL are all different and do different things with in each network. Though should be mostly standardized with each one, there are some ISPs that seem to deviate sometimes and thus make it hard to external routers to work with there stuff. Verizon has been posted about over the years so not really new. Possible that you may just need the ISP router and disable the wifi on it and use the DMZ as worst case.
Is there a model# on the outside box? I presume this is Fiber.
Just posting an update... set up the system with a new Cat 8 cable directly from the modem in the ONT box up to the RBE973S Router. Used the ORBI App on my iPhone to hook up the router and satellites. Everything is working perfectly. I can also access the router settings via 192.168.1.1... I did update the firmware on the router with the ORBI app, not via the PC interface. I got a little nervous because I read on the Netgear site that satellites should be updated before the router. Anyway, the router and both satellites are running the same firmware. What is the best way to update future firmware?