Installation with a Bell (Canada) Giga Hub

Installation with a Bell (Canada) Giga Hub

Installation with a Bell (Canada) Giga Hub
Installation with a Bell (Canada) Giga Hub
2024-09-04 21:43:35
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Model: Deco XE75 Pro  
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I intend to buy a 3-pack Deco XE75 Pro to extend the range of my Bell GigaHub, most particularly into the back yard where it currently dies.  My Giga Hub serves a well-populated smart home of currently 20-25 devices, which (for historical reasons) populate a set of mostly fixed (but also some dynamic) IP addresses in the range 192.168.2.X.  Again, for reasons I don't want to get into here, I don't want to have to change those IP addresses.  I know enough about networking to sound as though I ought to know a lot more, but in fact I don't, and I am at this point totally confused about the precise sequence of steps I have to follow to install a 3-pack Deco XE75 Pro in my home setup.

 

Ideally, I'd use the XE75 as a WiFi range extender, but I have come to the conclusion that it doesn't work that way, and I will have to either (i) turn off the WiFi on my Bell Giga Hub, or else (ii) have it operate with a different SSID/password, and serve a different set of IP addresses.  [Question:  If option (ii), and the GigaHub serves IP addresses 192.168.1.X with its own SSID/password, will devices that connect to one of those networks be able to communicate with the devices connected to the other?]

 

Can someone please walk me through the optimum installation/setup sequence?  I'm very concerned that I might do something that I will find myself unable to recover from!

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Re:Installation with a Bell (Canada) Giga Hub
2024-09-05 08:35:54

  @Richard_M 

Hi,

 

Most Deco models are for indoors using, and if you want to extend the internet to outside the building, you can consider on this model, Deco X50-Outdoor.

 

And for your case, it is recommended to set up the Deco in AP mode, which means the Deco system will not create its own subnet but purely forward data between the root router and the clients. And the Bell GigaHub will still work as the only DHCP server in your network.

How to set up Deco to work in Access Point mode

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Re:Installation with a Bell (Canada) Giga Hub
2024-09-05 13:07:08
I don't have an ethernet backhaul in my house, so I would have to site one of the Deco units pretty much right next to my Bell Giga Hub. Isn't that going to be a concern in AP mode?
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Re:Installation with a Bell (Canada) Giga Hub
2024-09-05 13:26:00

  @Richard_M 

 

I wouldn't think so, if Deco is on AP mode turn off the wifi on your Bell Giga Hub.

BT Full fibre 500, 1x X60 V3.2 in router mode and 1 x XE75Pro V2.
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