topic Re: Can I put my Fibre 65 router into ' modem mode’ to feed my existing Netgear Orbi mesh system? in Broadband

Can I put my Fibre 65 router into ' modem mode’ to feed my existing Netgear Orbi mesh system?

HappyChris — Wed, 11 May 2022 08:47:14 GMT

I will soon be having a new Talktalk system installed and want to use my existing Orbi mesh setup for WiFi connection. To do this I currently have my (now outgoing) router set to modem mode. I assume the provided Huawei router will allow this… am I wrong?

Re: Can I put my Fibre 65 router into ' modem mode’ to feed my existing Netgear Orbi mesh system?

Karl-TalkTalk — Wed, 11 May 2022 08:51:58 GMT

You can connect your Orbi mest to this and use that solely for the wifi connection.

Thanks

Karl.

Re: Can I put my Fibre 65 router into ' modem mode’ to feed my existing Netgear Orbi mesh system?

HappyChris — Wed, 11 May 2022 09:28:16 GMT

Hi Karl,

Thanks for the speedy response! I appreciate that I can connect the Orbi via Ethernet as just another IP address and that it will (if I remember correctly) treat other devices connected to it as on another sub-network. Initially, I intend to do this to allow easy access to your router to iron early problems, if any, and then swapping over later.

So the answer to my original query is then "No, the Talktalk router can’t be put into modem mode”, is it?

Cheers,

Chris

Re: Can I put my Fibre 65 router into ' modem mode’ to feed my existing Netgear Orbi mesh system?

Karl-TalkTalk — Wed, 11 May 2022 09:31:00 GMT

Whilst technically the router does not have a modem only mode, you can turn off wifi on the router to just use the Orbi wifi.

Karl.

Re: Can I put my Fibre 65 router into ' modem mode’ to feed my existing Netgear Orbi mesh system?

martswain — Wed, 11 May 2022 09:40:02 GMT

@HappyChris , you are correct, no TT supplied routers can be set to modem-only mode.