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Spacey67
Apr 23, 2022Aspirant
Updated Firmware to 2.3.2.134 on XR500- WAN port no longer able to act as a Access port in AP Mode
To start this off my home network is segmented this way: Motorola MB8611 Modem 3.1 2.5Gb NIC (192.168.100.1) PFSense Firewall (10.0.0.0/24) running pfblockerng and Suricata, on Asrock NUC dual ...
Netduma-Fraser
Apr 25, 2022NetDuma Partner
As AP mode disables most features it may be best to contact Netgear directly, it's not something we (Netduma) can specifically help with
- Spacey67May 07, 2022Aspirant
You guys program the firmware updates what do you mean contact netgear? AP mode with the WAN port worked as an actual port in the last stable version perfectly fine.
- Netduma-FraserMay 08, 2022NetDuma PartnerWe do the DumaOS side of the updates, Settings and Hardware is Netgear so we haven't made the AP mode at all.
I'm not really sure what you mean regarding the WAN port, that has to be used for the router to get internet and distribute that to connected devices.