LovelyBrook wrote: > Thank you for this. I think this is where I need to get smarter. I > have been confused about access points. I read about them and it > doesn't sink in. Orbi has an option to be an access point but I don't > know what that does to all the mesh features you are paying for... I > will hunt through T-mobile to see if it has that option but I doubt it. > It has very few options. > > Appreciate the help.Basically router (in most cases out of box) will serve as > dhcp server, which means it will be in charge of allocating ip addresses for every device which connects to it (either wired or WiFi)
Dumb access point on other hand with only "bridge" it's wifi network with wired lan it connects to (in your case tmobile one) So you really want tmobile router act as router(with modem etc) so it sorts out dhcp (ip addresses) NAT and firewall and your orbi as wifi access point (mesh) Like I said I'm not familiar with mesh but I assume it should be possible to set it without dhcp.. Usually on dumb access point you set its ip as static address from pool and same subnet of you main router assigns and use main router ip as your AP gateway IP.. If orbi does not allow to us it like that, then alternative would be to use tmobile as modem only or router in DMZ. In this case your orbi will assign IP addresses etc 3x Squeezebox Touch, 4x Squeezebox Radio, Squeezelite (RPi 3B with HiFiBerry DAC+Pro on OSMC), Material Skin Apk, Squeeze Commander, Logitech Media Server Version: 8.2.0 with Material Skin (Docker in DS218+) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jaca's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58187 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114379 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
