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Using wifi router as an access point
OK, this is an oldie but a goldie! I have an old Netgear FWAG114 a/b/g wireless router that I'm using as an access point. I've disabled DHCP (my Netgear WNR2000 is assigning IP addreses) and connected it to the WNR2000 - port 1 on the 2000, WAN port on the FWAG114. NADA!!! If I connect it to one of the LAN ports on the FWAG114 it works fine. The kicker is, I used a setup similar to this with my Netgear FVS338/WAG304 and the FWAG114 for about 5 years and it worked perfectly connected via the WAN port.
Any ideas???
Hi sktn77a,
As far as I know, the proper way is to connect the WiFi router configured as Access Point to the LAN port of the main router. It is because the main router (in your setup, its the WNR2000) is the one that will provide local IP addresses to the wireless clients connected to the SSID of the WiFi router configured as Access Point that is why it should be connected via the LAN port.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
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Hi sktn77a,
I have also configured WiFi routers to be used as access points and it should be connected to the LAN port of the router not to the WAN port.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
Thanks DaneA. Just wondering why it worked for so long in the old system wired to the WAN port? I know netgear changed their default IP address from 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.1.1 but not sure if they did anything else that might explain this?
Hi sktn77a,
As far as I know, the proper way is to connect the WiFi router configured as Access Point to the LAN port of the main router. It is because the main router (in your setup, its the WNR2000) is the one that will provide local IP addresses to the wireless clients connected to the SSID of the WiFi router configured as Access Point that is why it should be connected via the LAN port.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
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