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XR500 in a lan to lan configuration - how to get the ntp working?
In order to get a few devices, eg printers, to work across the house, i set my XR500 up in a lan to lan configuation with the ISP modem/router. Modem/router is at 192.168.1.1, and XR500 is at 192.168.1.2, and the Modem router does the DHCP. Pleased to say that worked and evrything in the house can connect to everything. But.... the XR500 is unable to connect to any NTP server, so the date is all wrong, which is a problem for the VPN I wish to install. As soon as I put the XR500 wan port back on the router modem, the NTP kicks into action and brings the date up correctly. I was hoping just to connect it back lan to lan and the revised date would stick, but it doesnt and goes back to dec 2020 as it was before. I'm thinking I need to find a way for the XR500 to find a connection to a NTP server though some config, maybe static routing, but now I'm a little beyond my current comrehension. Any ideas would be very much appreaciated!
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> [...] i set my XR500 up in a lan to lan configuation with the ISP
> modem/router. [...]Have you considered the potential advantages of using the documented
method of configuring the XR500 as a wireless access point, instead of
your ad hoc "lan to lan configuation"?> Any ideas would be very much appreaciated!
You might start with an oft-neglected resource:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual (at least). Read. Look for
"Use the Router as a WiFi Access Point Only".ah, I'll take a look at that, thanks! I have some ethernet connections at the XR500 as well; does making it an AP no longer permit the use of the ports?
michaelbeard99 wrote:
does making it an AP no longer permit the use of the ports?
Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR Support
The XR500 is an expensive "gaming router" with many added features that would doubtless disappear in AP mode.
Only you know if those features are important to you.
The ports would work, but probably not much else.
You have posted your message in the section of this community given over to Nighthawk WiFi Routers. (This is easily done, given Netgear's complicated community structure.)
Many questions apply to different types of device, so you might get responses here, but you might get more help, and find earlier questions and answers specific to your hardware, in the appropriate section for your device. That's probably here:
Nighthawk Pro Gaming Routers - NETGEAR Communities
This is especially important for these devices as they run with DumaOS rather than the standard Netgear firmware. The DumaOS people are very active in that section and can probably respond more quickly.I will ask the Netgear moderator to move your message.
You can configure NTP settings in Settings -> Administration -> NTP Settings.
I'm not sure if it will work, but you could try settings the ISP modem as your NTP server?
Alternatively, you could just use the default Netgear NTP server?
many thanks- I can only get that to work when the XR500 is plugged into my modem/router though its WAN port.
