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I'm in Orbi hell
I know I should probably just sit quietly on the sidelines and read all the other tales of woe, and add a ++metoo to the thread. But I'm honestly staggered by how badly I'm let down. I bought a ...
I have had the R8000 for some time now with my desktop and it primarily is used with wired color laser printer and other devices. I got the ORBI to give me a wider area of use, such as outdoors and such. Also to give my neighbor a backup if his router goes down. Right now I have the computer going to the R8000 and then wired to the ORBI which seems to work somewhat. I just want to make sure I have considered all my options.
Ok, well, for AP mode configuration, yes, use LAN to LAN AP mode on the R8000 connected to the Orbi router. Just set the Orbi routers wifi channes to manual 11 on 2.4Ghz and 36 or 48 on 5Ghz, then set the R8000 to channel 1 on 2.Ghz and 149 on 5Ghz.
You can try using same SSID and PW for both Orbi and R8000. You might seen some roaming issues. Something you would have to test out. If you see some odd behavior, change the SSID on the R8000 to something else on both radios and try again.
Good Luck.
Thanks. I will give your suggestions a try and see what happens. Will update you on results. Again thanks.