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fljoemon
Guide
Feb 22, 2017

Installing Orbi behind ATT Pace 5268AC gateway

Folks,

 

Just got gigapower along with U-Verse TV and phone installed yesterday. While the Pace 5268AC is nice, it does not cover my entire house with WiFi, so I wanted to put a brand new Orbi behind it in Router mode. Question is when I connect the Orbi initially, will it be getting Internet from the Pace Gateway assuming I connect an ethernet cable from the LAN port of the Pace gateway to the WAN port of the Orbi. I plan to put the Pace gateway in DMZ+ mode to achieve the psuedo bridge and have the Orbi router do all my routing function. If someone hads done this successfully with a brand new Orbi, please let me know the exact steps you used.

 

Thanks!

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Orbi Pace 5668AC

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  • TheEther's avatar
    TheEther
    Guru
    Feb 23, 2017

    There's no reason why the Orbi won't work with the Pace in DMZ+ mode.  The thing to be careful of is to make sure that the subnets of the Pace and Orbi don't conflict.  Yes, this is still a concern even though the Orbi and Pace will be sharing the public IP address.  Set up one to use something like 192.168.1.x/255.255.255.0 and the other 192.168.2.x/255.255.255.0.  Connect the Orbi to the Pace.  Log into the Pace and point the DMZ+ device at the Orbi's MAC address.  Save the change and reboot both the Pace and the Orbi.  Confirm that the Orbi has a public IP.

    • fljoemon's avatar
      fljoemon
      Guide
      Feb 23, 2017

      Thanks @TheEther for your reply ... I would keep everything same on the Pace gateway and will try changing the subnet on the Orbi router. My confusion is on when to do this. Should I do it after I set up DMZ+ on the Pace and reboot both the Pace & Orbi? Also to change the subnet on the Orbi, I am assuming that after I log in to the router using http://orbilogin.com, I go to ADVANCED -> Setup -> LAN Setup and in the LAN TCP/IP Box change the IP address to 192.168.2.1

      • TheEther's avatar
        TheEther
        Guru
        Feb 23, 2017
        fljoemon wrote:

        thanks TheEther for your reply ... I would keep everything same on the Pace gateway and will try changing the subnet on the Orbi router. My confusion is on when to do this. Should I do it after I set up DMZ+ on the Pace and reboot both the Pace & Orbi? 

        You can do it before your connect the Orbi to the Pace.

        Also to change the subnet on the Orbi, I am assuming that after I log in to the router using http://orbilogin.com, I go to ADVANCED -> Setup -> LAN Setup and in the LAN TCP/IP Box change the IP address to 192.168.2.1

        Yes.  Your connection to the Orbi will drop once you save this change.  Force your device/computer to obtain a new IP address from the Orbi in the new subnet.  Then connect the Orbi to the Pace and set up DMZ+.