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kiwibattler wrote:

Is there any detrimental affect by running in Router mode? I put in AP Mode as per instruction video. 

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There can be problems if the Orbi is in router mode and is connected to another router.  This is called a "double NAT" and makes all sorts of networking applications fail.  (Not everything: My Orbi was behind another router for over a year and I noticed nothing wrong.  But then I was not trying to VPN, forward ports, etc. etc. etc.)

People on the forum recommend having only one router.  Pick the easiest solution:

1. Install the Orbi as an access point (AP).  Alas, when you do this none of the Orbi "router functions" work.
2. Put the device that the Orbi is connected to into "bridge" or "pass-through" mode.  i.e. make it "only a modem". No WiFi.  No routing.  Most of the time, the internet service company has been asked to do this hundreds (thousands?) of times and will say, "no problem."  Then the Orbi becomes the only router and all of the router functions work.
3. (And this is absolutely the "last resort"), create a "DMZ" on the primary router and have it point to the Orbi.  So, everything that comes into the primary router also goes to the Orbi.  I do not (personally) remember anyone saying they did this and were happy.

Great that you thought to ask first.