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How do I Reset Orbi as Access Point
The root issue is that I have not been able to connect to my wireless printer from my windows 10 desktop for a several weeks. My destop is having connection issues with the devices attached to the O...
I reset the Orbi to be an access point. I temporarily lost access to the printer and music server but restarting the Orbi and the PC fixed that.
(It looked like the Orbi automatically restarted when the change was made, but apparently that was not the case.)
We will see if the issue with internet access re-occurs again. Maybe this has solved the problem. Thanks for all your advice. (This is better than waiting days for a response from Netgear.) I will let you know tomorrow if this solution worked.
A cheap gigabit unmanaged switch isn't a bad idea.
But if the orbi is in AP mode, it shouldn't matter if your devices are connected to the ATT device or the orbi, they should be on the same subnet. Again, do a system wide power off and back on so they pull new IP addresses.
PS. you put cbr40 in this post signature. The others had the RBR20. Which is it?
I'm back to the configuration before my internet issues began. The Orbi is connected to the ATT router. My windows 10 desktop and my Vortexbox (Linux computer) music server are connected to a Netgear GS105 ethernet switch which is connected to the second ethernet port on the Orbi.
This has fixed the PC's ability to see the Brother Wireless Printer and the Bluesound music server (connected wireless to the Orbi) in my A/V setup can now see the music files on the PC and the Vortexbox.
But I now have the internet issue again that caused me to swap out the ATT router. The browser (chrome) on the PC has trouble resolving websites (i.e. yahoo, google, etc) when it is first used in the morning. Rebooting the PC fixes this. But I did not have this issue a month ago nor was it a problem when the desktop was connected directly to the router or to the Orbi yesterday.
There is something in having the ethernet switch in the connection that is making it harder for the PC to connect to the internet such as an address that is changed over night.
I have not changed the Orbi to the AP mode. Would this make a difference? When I initially set the Orbi up a year ago Netgear Support told me this that this was not required and there were no issues until a month ago. Also, is there another ethernet switch that would be more transparent?
P.S. It's an RBR20. The cbr40 was a typo.
- You can get that because of the double nat from running 2x routers in router mode on your network. Its a common problem.
I reset the Orbi to be an access point. I temporarily lost access to the printer and music server but restarting the Orbi and the PC fixed that.
(It looked like the Orbi automatically restarted when the change was made, but apparently that was not the case.)
We will see if the issue with internet access re-occurs again. Maybe this has solved the problem. Thanks for all your advice. (This is better than waiting days for a response from Netgear.) I will let you know tomorrow if this solution worked.
No internet access issues this morning. Changing the Orbi to the AP mode worked. I also noticed that when I logged into the ATT router last night that all the wireless devices on the Orbi are now listed. I could probably move the pc and the Vortexbox from the Ethernet switch to the router but since things are working now, I am going to leave things well enough alone. Thanks everyone for the useful answers.