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.
Re: Installing Orbi behind ATT Pace 5268AC gateway
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.
Re: Installing Orbi behind ATT Pace 5268AC gateway
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
@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+.
Re: Installing Orbi behind ATT Pace 5268AC gateway
@TheEther wrote: 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+.
Sorry to be a pest here .. just want to make sure I am doing the right thing .. forcing my computer to obtain a new IP address is done by ipconfig/release and ipconfig/renew .. right?
