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I upgraded to a C7800 Nighthawk cable modum/router and have been having diffuculty getting a good wifi signal to one area of my house. I added a Netgear extender which helped a little bit, but still ...
Thank you for all you guidance through this process. I such I now know what I need to do! I will shop for the tri-band, as recommended.
plemans wrote:The C7800 does have modem only mode. Or you can setup the orbi devices to it with orbi running in AP (access point) mode.
Either route prevents a double nat situation. https://kb.netgear.com/30186/What-is-Double-NAT
I'd recommend the tri-band orbi kits. They have a couple dual band kits but I haven't been impressed with them. The tri-bands reserve 1 of the 5ghz bands just for router----satellite connection and tend to have faster speeds/stability.
The C7800 does have modem only mode. Or you can setup the orbi devices to it with orbi running in AP (access point) mode.
Either route prevents a double nat situation. https://kb.netgear.com/30186/What-is-Double-NAT
I'd recommend the tri-band orbi kits. They have a couple dual band kits but I haven't been impressed with them. The tri-bands reserve 1 of the 5ghz bands just for router----satellite connection and tend to have faster speeds/stability.
Thank you for all you guidance through this process. I such I now know what I need to do! I will shop for the tri-band, as recommended.
plemans wrote:The C7800 does have modem only mode. Or you can setup the orbi devices to it with orbi running in AP (access point) mode.
Either route prevents a double nat situation. https://kb.netgear.com/30186/What-is-Double-NAT
I'd recommend the tri-band orbi kits. They have a couple dual band kits but I haven't been impressed with them. The tri-bands reserve 1 of the 5ghz bands just for router----satellite connection and tend to have faster speeds/stability.