How to Setup Netgear Orbi WiFi Mesh Router?

If you have a Netgear Orbi at your home and want to set up your router, today’s article is very useful for you. Here, we know about two easiest ways for Netgear Orbi router setup. This article helps you step by step to set up your Orbi mesh system.

Netgear Orbi WiFi Mesh Setup Using Interface

The first way to set up your Netgear Orbi router is using the GUI web interface.

1. Connect your router WAN port to the modem LAN port with Ethernet cable.
2. Turn on your router.
3. After that you can sync your Orbi router to satellites without using any cable, just power on the satellites and press the Sync button.
4. By using Ethernet, connect your computer device to one of the LAN ports behind your Netgear Orbi.
5. Search orbilogin.net in any web browser.
6. Now, you log in to the router. Enter “username” in username field and enter “password” in password field. The username and password are case-sensitive.
7. Click on Advanced Setting> Setup.
8. There is appeared YES button click on it. When the router detects your internet connection. Again, a login window is open.
9. Now, you can create your new admin password.
10. Select at least two questions and their answers for security
11. Click Next, A page is open and displayed. Congratulation!
12. Click Next Again, The firmware update assistance page displays.
13. If there is no update, then click OK. Now your router is setup.
14. But if there is a firmware update. Then click yes to update. After the firmware is updated. The router is getting rebooted. You can need to log in again.
15. Enter the new login details you created earlier. After login, a BASIC page displays. Now, your router is set up.

Above, we have learned how to complete Orbi setup by using the Web Interface. But, there is another easy way to setup, which you can be done by Orbi app.

Steps to Setup Netgear Orbi Mesh WiFi Using App:

If you have a mobile phone, then you can use the second-most easiest way to setup router by using the Orbi application. In this application, you can view all the connected devices with your network and customize your router settings.

1. First of all, download the Orbi app. You can easily find it on Google Play Store or Apple App Store.
2. Open wifi on your phone. (You can use any Android and iOS mobile device.)
3. After that, you need to connect your mobile phone to the network using the information given on your router label.
4. Install the Nighthawk application on your mobile device.
5. To log in to the Orbi app, you have to create an account with the help of Email address, name and password.
6. After accessing the app, there is instruction inside the app; read and follow that instruction to install the router and connect to the internet.

NOTE: If you are facing any trouble connecting your devices with your network, restart your router. After restarting your router, repeat all the steps again. If restarting the router not helping you out, then reset the device and configure the mesh system again.

You can also run all of the above given steps or instructions on the Orbi RBK853 setup or other Orbi models as well.

Conclusion

In today’s article, we learned how we can set up and install Orbi at our home ourselves. We have provided step by step instructions how we can setup the router in two ways: first, using the router web interface, and second, using the Netgear Orbi App. By completing these steps, you all have a well-configured Netgear Orbi mesh Router system that provides reliable and fast internal connectivity to your devices.

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