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Connecting 2 sets of MK63
Hi, I have purchased 2 sets of MK63, thinking I can configure 3 MS60 satellites to single router. However no matter what I do, I am not able to hook up the third satellite to the main router. I ...
yagil wrote:
I have purchased 2 sets of MK63, thinking I can configure 3 MS60 satellites to single router.
Unfortunately, that thinking isn't quite right. You can't just put two routers together.
Two routers on your network can cause headaches. For example, you can end up with local address problems. Among other things, the other router can misdirect addresses that the Netgear router usually handles, such as routerlogin.net or the usual IP address for a router, 192.168.1.1.
This explains some of the other drawbacks.
What is Double NAT? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Unless you have specific reasons for using two routers – to create two separate networks for example – it is often easier to use just one router and then to set up the second router as a wifi access point. Netgear advises this, as does just about every site you will visit. But that has its own drawbacks:
Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Thank you Michael,
In fact, I don't need nor wish to connect 2 routers (that in fact would be more simple for me, as you said, I can build a bridge and configure a NAT, have done that many times).
I have bundle 1, router + 2 satellites, running and all is good. What I try to do it take from the bundle 2 only 1 satellite and link it to the router which is already of bundle 1.
I hope I expressed myself better.
Thank you
Yagil
Anyone has an idea, please?
yagil wrote:
What I try to do it take from the bundle 2 only 1 satellite and link it to the router which is already of bundle 1.
I hope I expressed myself better.
Not really.
You do not want the two MR60s talking to each other on the same network?
How does the second MR60 get Internet access? Maybe it doesn't.
Have you tried adding the MS60 to the second MR60 when all the other MK things are turned off?
Hi, Thanks again,
I am using only one MR60, which is connected to the internet, and I have no problem with it.
What I tried to do, is add one of the MS60 from the second package which I purchased to the original MR60 (which is already connected).
I was not able to synchronize it, which made me thinking that maybe it is simple not possible. And that what's led me to this forum.
So far I tried:
1) Adding it using the app
2) Adding it by clicking the synchronize button on both the MR60 and the additional MS60
3) I turned off one of the MS60 which works, and tried 1 and 2 again..
none of the above helped.
Any ideas would be highly appreciated.
Thanks a lot.
Yagil
yagil wrote:
So far I tried:
1) Adding it using the app
2) Adding it by clicking the synchronize button on both the MR60 and the additional MS60
3) I turned off one of the MS60 which works, and tried 1 and 2 again..
none of the above helped.
Have you checked the firmware on the MS60 that will not connect? Is it the same as that on the MR60?
Have you tried the connection with "wired backhaul", plugging the satellite into the router?