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Connecting MK63 t0 R6700AX
Have an R6700AX router that I purchased a few months ago, and just picked up a MK63-100NAR 3-Pack. Was that a mistake? Can I use them with my existing router? Based on what I've read, it seems like t...
Well you could use the laptop and wirelessly connect to the default SSID name on the MR and set up that way with the MR. If you wirelessly connect to the MR useing the default SSID name, navigate to 192.168.1.1 on the MRs web page to use the setup wizard there.
There are USB to ethernet adapters that are inexpensive to purchase.
Offline means it doesnt' have to be connected to anything when you set it up. Once you have it setup off line, you can configure AP mode then after you apply that change, then connect the MR to the 6700 series router.
You could connect it to the 6700 series router, the MR will use a different IP address, 10.0.0.1 I beleive since default is 192.168.1.1 for the 6700 and MR, the MR should avoid this and change to the 10 IP address string as two routers on the same line can't use the same IP address pool string. Would use the 6700's DMZ for the MR to help avoid any double NAT issues. This works as well. Use this configuration many times.
So FURRYe38, would I need to connect the MK63's router to my modem (and thus disconnect the R6700AX) in order to set it up that way? That will be disruptive to the household if that's the case.
No, you can set it up off line from the modem or router using a wired PC and web browser?
No wired PCs in the household - laptop doesn't even have an ethernet port.
Though I'm not understanding what you mean by offline FURRYe38.
Could you elaborate?
Well you could use the laptop and wirelessly connect to the default SSID name on the MR and set up that way with the MR. If you wirelessly connect to the MR useing the default SSID name, navigate to 192.168.1.1 on the MRs web page to use the setup wizard there.
There are USB to ethernet adapters that are inexpensive to purchase.
Offline means it doesnt' have to be connected to anything when you set it up. Once you have it setup off line, you can configure AP mode then after you apply that change, then connect the MR to the 6700 series router.
You could connect it to the 6700 series router, the MR will use a different IP address, 10.0.0.1 I beleive since default is 192.168.1.1 for the 6700 and MR, the MR should avoid this and change to the 10 IP address string as two routers on the same line can't use the same IP address pool string. Would use the 6700's DMZ for the MR to help avoid any double NAT issues. This works as well. Use this configuration many times.
Okay, FURRYe38, here's what I've done:
- I got a USB-C to Ethernet adapter, and plugged it into my laptop, and plugged one end of the ethernet cable into it. From there, I plugged the other end of the ethernet cable into the MR60, in it’s Ethernet port.
- I changed the wireless network on my laptop to the Netgear01 (as listed on the sticker on the front of the MR60), and as the instructions here instructed, I navigated to routerlogin.net, logged in, and changed it to AP Mode, and clicked apply.
- I then changed the wireless network on my laptop back to my regular one, and navigated to the 192.168.1.1, to the R6700AX Router page, and attached devices. At this point, it wasn't there.
At this point, the wheels fell off. I hit the sync on the back of the MR60, then changed the network back to the Netger01 network. It found it again, logged me in, and let me see that routerlogin.net page and I gave thought to changing the SSID at that point, but didn't, and tried to log back on to my main networks. Except, my laptop could no longer see those networks, it could only see that Netgear01 and nothing else - not even my neighbors networks (I live in a condo, so there are always quite a few visible).
I tried doing automatic resets of my modem (Netgear), Router (the aforementioned R6700AX) and every other device on the network could see everything fine. During this time, I brought the MR60 up to the room where the R6700AX lives and wired an ethernet cable from the back of the R6700AX to the "Internet" port on the MR60. When I returned, I also plugged one of the satelittes in, and my Chromecast immediately found the wired connection and it was happy.
But I was not. My laptop continued to only see the Netgear01 SSID. I tried going back up and hard rebooting the modem and R6700AX, hollering down at my friends who are currently staying with me to tell me when they were back online. After a few minutes they were, and when I went back down, my phone was as well. Laptop though? Nope.
I have done every "wireless fix" I can find on the web, flushing dns, finding new drivers for my WLAN card, even telling services to start automatically. Nothing is making a difference. Worse, this is the only device in the household this is happening on.
I haven't yet tried removing the MR60 and seeing if that resolves the wifi issues on my network, but I'm not sure what else to do.
Right now I'm plugged in via ethernet, because otherwise I wouldn't be online.
Thoughts or advice would definitely be appreciated.