Dropped WiFi calls on iPhone X iOS 12 ATT with Orbi RBR50

[gr8sho]

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@FURRYe38 wrote:

Yes, and it would be recommended to get into a different gateway OR something thats just a modem ONLY that doesn't have any router or wifi built in. 

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This gets a bit into a gray area.  ATT doesn't work like a DOCSIS 3.1 modem, meaning you can't just got to BestBuy and get a modem for a VDSL2 copper or Fiber connection.  The standard policy is to use one of 3 available gateways.  The newest available gateway is an Arris BGW210-700 and is the better performer.  This is the one I have.  WiFi is disabled and I use the Ethernet ports to serve IPTV traffic to Uverse TV service, and of course one port in IP Passthrough for the Orbi.

If you look around in DSLReports there is method some people use to connect their own routers directly to the ONT bypassing the gateway altogether. 

[FURRYe38]

Of course, some ISPs, mostly DSL, don't offer more than what they support or BYOM. So for those ISP, users can be limited. Thus using Orbi will be a bit more problematic, so DMZ and AP mode are options for users to try in these cases. 

[gr8sho]

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@FURRYe38 wrote:

Of course, some ISPs, mostly DSL, don't offer more than what they support or BYOM. So for those ISP, users can be limited. Thus using Orbi will be a bit more problematic, so DMZ and AP mode are options for users to try in these cases. 

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Add IP Passthrough to your vocabulary.  People with Arris devices won't understand DMZ or DMZ+. 

Seems a shame and wasteful to use such a high powered and expensive device to be relegated to merely functioning as an access point.

Cheers

[FURRYe38]

Good luck.