The anonymous user does want to operate the Netgear JWNR2010v5 Router as a plain wired Wireless Access Point. While the JWNR2010v5 can be configured as a wireless extender (against some router chipset resp. the same model), it does not offer a plain access point mode as per the fine documentation, the data sheet and the user manual.

As per the fine JWNR2010v5 N300 Wireless Router User Manual p.48/49, the DHCP server feature can be disabled.

DNS is not something that is "announced" somehow - however, I would not wonder a second if an old issue exists on this (as on other Netgear routers) that the plain text DNS queries (e.g. from wireless associated devices) are captured and redirected to the router local DNS server relay, which again does point to the ISP assigned (DHCP resp. PPP IPCP) - as it is for NAT router operations. This makes it impossible using these crap routers as plain access points - say thank you Netgear for the bugs, and don't shoot the messenger...

The .62 installed in place might have introduced a security update, similar to this one here -> WNR2020 WNR2020v2 Firmware Version 1.1.0.62 - why this build is not available on the Netgear site - impossible to say. Never listed? You talk to the community here, not to Netgear.

Biggest problem we're faing here that we don't get any backing from the Netgear consumer BU

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