Orbi and Nighthawk coexist?

[superben79]

Hi,

dont think my r8000 is enough to cover the whole house so I am planning to get an orbi (plus the satellite). i have 30+ devices and some work with 2.4 and some 5 and i have separate ssid for each band (typical setup). i understand that orbi only supports one ssid for both bands so i am planning to use the 2.4 band ssid in orbi and the 5 band ssid in r8000. the reason i am doing that because it is such a pain to re-configure a number of devices that are corrently set up to use the 5 band ssid. so i am planning connect the orbi and the r8000 to the fios gateway modem. any issue you will see this set up? 

i understand i can set up the 5 band ssid in the orbi guest mode but then i will lose the true guest mode when i need to use it.

[netwrks]

If the 8000 is your base router, then the Orbi will have to be set up in AP mode. Not sure Guest will work on the Orbi in AP mode..

[superben79]

Hi I am planning to plug in the Orbi and the nighthawk both into the modem