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Best wired access point
Hi. I'm new to this so apologies for a simple Q. I'd like advice on which Net gear Access Point product would work best for a wired Cat 5/6 Home/Small office, coming off a Net gear N 300 router. I ha...
Hi Apologies for the delay in coming back to you.
I've got the Orbi system and wanted to check the exact way this will work with the Netgear N300 router/modem. This is model DGN2200v4.
1. Do I need to turn-off the Router/modem Wi-Fi? I can see from the Netgear forums that this is required? I've logged into the Netgear genie and can see that I can set the router/modem to AP mode in the advanced settings. Is this correct? Does this turn-off the modem Wi-Fi and enable the Orbi Router to work without conflict?
2. I have a switch to take Cat5e Ethernet across the property. Which order do I plug the modem and Orbi in.
Incoming BT socket to Netgear N300 modem to Orbi Base station to switch? Or some other combination.
Help much appreciated.
Walkers wrote:
1. Do I need to turn-off the [DGN2200v4] Router/modem Wi-Fi? I can see from the Netgear forums that this is required?
It's not required, but you should turn it off. It's much slower than the Orbi wifi.
Walkers wrote:
2. I've logged into the Netgear genie and can see that I can set the router/modem to AP mode in the advanced settings. Is this correct? Does this turn-off the modem Wi-Fi ?
No, AP mode leaves the WiFi on, and disables the router features.
If you need the DGN2200v4's modem feature (which you likely do), then the simplest thing here is to turn off the DGN2200v4's wifi, and leave it configured as a router. See the screen shot on page 82 - that includes a checkbox control to disable the wifi. http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/DGN2200V4/DGN2200v4_UM_EN.pdf
You then have two options on the Orbi setup. You can set it up as a router, but using a different IP address range from the DGN2200v4. For instance, you could use 10.0.0.x. The Orbi's router mode setup will normally do this automatically.
You can also set up the Orbi as an access point (and you should get a prompt for this option during setup also).
Either mode will work. Port forwarding is a bit more complicated if you set up the Orbi as a router. You'd need to forward from the DGN2200v4 to the Orbi, and then forward again from the DGN2200v4 to the final device. On the other hand, the Orbi has some nice features that only work when it is a router.
My own Orbi is behind my ISP-provided router, and I've chosen to set up the Orbi as a router also.
Walkers wrote:
3. I have a switch to take Cat5e Ethernet across the property. Which order do I plug the modem and Orbi in?
The ADSL connection of course goes to the DGN2200v4. Then ethernet from a DGN2200v4 LAN port to Orbi WAN port. All other ethernet connections to the DGN2200v4 should move to an Orbi LAN ports - which will provide gigabit ethernet instead of the 100 mbps ethernet you are getting now.