How to Set Up Orbi with Optical Fiber Connection
It is an optical fiber connection through which internet signals travel to our house and hence get converted into wireless ones to provide internet on wireless clients. Devices that convert optical fiber signals into wireless signals are called networking devices that include routers, modems, or a combo of both. Since Orbi is one of the best networking gadgets rolled out by Netgear; the leading company, users install them in their houses. But, they do not have any idea about how to set up Orbi with optical fiber connection. Our post aims to aid such users. If you are also one of them, you can take the help of this write-up.
Orbi and Optical Fiber Connection
This is for your general information that you can only set up Orbi with an optical fiber connection if there is already an ISP provided gateway present in your house. You can also make it up and running if there is another gateway or access point installed. This is because Orbi routers have Ethernet ports only. In other words, only a LAN cable connection is possible. There’s no such provision of using an optical fiber cable for connection purposes.
How to Set Up Orbi with Optical Fiber Connection?
We’ve revealed it already that you can set up Orbi with an optical fiber connection if there is an existing gateway that connects directly to the optical fiber cable. Therefore, we are assuming that you’ve already installed your gateway that will act as a host for your Orbi router. If the host gateway is modem, then you are advised to take a walk through the points jotted down below to perform Netgear Orbi setup:
- Unlock your mobile phone and download the Netgear Orbi app via orbi-app.com.
- Are you a fresher to the Orbi app? You should create a Netgear account. Doing so will help you register all your products from Netgear and receive updates.
- As soon as the account gets created, you will get logged in.
- Tap “Get Started”!
- Hit the option that says “Enable Camera and Scan”.
- Consider scanning the QR code available on the sleeve or the base of your Orbi router.
- Choose the Orbi router model and the number of satellites present.
- You are now required to power cycle your modem. The on-screen instructions of the app will help you do that.
- Get hold of a network cable and run it from the router’s Internet port (yellow in color) to the modem’s Ethernet port.
- The connection is supposed to be stable.
- Using the power adapter received with package, plug your Orbi router into a power outlet.
- Let your Orbi boot up.
- Get back to the Orbi app and hit Continue. A progress bar on the screen will show that Orbi router is starting up.
- Now, open WiFi settings on your mobile phone.
- Connect mobile phone to the default SSID of your router that is mentioned on the product label.
- Tap Continue on the app’s dashboard to reach the Personalize your settings window.
- Create the WiFi network by choosing the Orbi router SSID and password.
- You now need to use these details to connect your client devices to the Orbi network.
- The Set up Admin Login window will now greet you that will ask you to assign an admin password to the router.
- This password must be used from now onwards to take access to the Orbi router’s settings. You should be very sure that it is different from the WiFi password.
- Set up security questions and answer them.
- Let the app check if a firmware update is available for the Orbi router.
- This whole process will take 5 minutes.
- Tap Update.
- Put your Orbi router to your desired locations.
- The Orbi router is successfully set up.
This is how to set up Orbi with optical fiber connection. We are expecting that you’ve completed the installation process. You can also make the device up and running using the 192.168.0.1 IP address.
What to Do If the Host Gateway is Router?
Just in case you are trying to set up Orbi with the router/modem-router that gets internet connection from an optical fiber, you are supposed to set up the host gateway in the Bridge mode first. You also have the option of installing the Orbi router as an access point. This is required to avoid the double NAT situation that generally occurs due to the presence of two WiFi routers in the home network.
To Sum Up
Orbi mesh systems are boon to large houses where signals of a modem become weak. Our guide explaining how to set up Orbi with optical fiber connection now comes to its end. We are expecting that the connection process was easy to execute. Now, you just need to connect your client devices to the Orbi SSID for enhanced WiFi network.