“Can there be a switch between the main router unit and the modem?”

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• Yes but dhcp will be delivered by the Orbi unit so anything on the switch before the Orbi will be on a different configuration.

  Answered by ChrisG 8 years ago

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• Yes, but the only reason I could see a setup like that is if you had two different networks or two different internet connections coming in.

  Answered by daman973 8 years ago

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• Hi, I have my setup like modem > orbi (main/ satellite) > switch. This way the Orbi is the gate keeper for traffic inbound and outbound of your network. I'm sure there are compelling reasons to configure the network like you have asked about, but you'd have to make decisions on where DHCP resides.

  Answered by Rhostam 8 years ago

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• We recommend connecting the switch to one of the LAN (outgoing) Ethernet ports on the router.

  Answered by NetgearTeam 8 years ago

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• Yes, as I have a Netgear router between my providers modem and the ORBI.

  Answered by Doddgeman 8 years ago

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