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ORBI vs Nighthawk
I had chatted with a Netgear support person about our Nighthawk AC1900. I was hoping to extend our wifi signal to outlying areas in our yard and our barn that is about 200 feet from our router. I wa...
I would set manual channel to 1, 6 or 11 on the Orbi router.
Also you have a built in router in the modem as well. This is a gateway router/modem. IT's recommended to either turn this combo unit into a modem only or use the on board DMZ for the IP address that the Orbi router gets from the ISP modem.
Also this is a Intel based modem. There are known issues with Intel based modems:
I'm currnent using an RBK22 system AC2200. 1 Satellite. I don't have any cameras out side. All mine are inside.
Thanks for the info. Right now I'm sticking with the settings I have since they are working. Should that change (again) I will take additional changes into consideration but probably won't continue to spend too much more time on this as I've lost alot of time troubleshooting these connection issues I never had to before with Nighthawk routers but time will tell
AT some point, you might give Orbi a try and see how it goes. I've had good luck with mine and so have others. The next FW update will be good. Should make things better for those who haven't had good luck with theres.
Good Luck in your endeavours.
sdunlap01wrote:Thanks for the info. Right now I'm sticking with the settings I have since they are working. Should that change (again) I will take additional changes into consideration but probably won't continue to spend too much more time on this as I've lost alot of time troubleshooting these connection issues I never had to before with Nighthawk routers but time will tell