RBK752 (AX4200) configure / operate with no internet

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DGB01 wrote:

This is a pre-sales question.  I have only cellular internet at our house.  The access to the internet is ONLY through cellular technology: phone data, phone hot spot or a Verizon MiFi cellular modem.  This modem provides a wifi router capability, BUT there is no selectivity as to what devices can use the internet via the MiFi.  This allows any connected device to access the internet and quickly uses all the monthly data.  I need a LOCAL wireless network.  I do not want this network to connect to the MiFi wireless network.  All the local devices would be connected to the new NetGear wireless router with no internet capability.

 

It seems the wireless routers want / require an internet connection for configuration and setup and perhaps for normal operation.

 

The questions are:

1) can the NetGear device (AX4200 in this case) be set up without access to the internet? Yes.

2) Will the NetGear AX4200 operate in local only (no internet) mode without problems? Yes. 

3) What mode of operation would the NetGear device be set to? Try either router or AP mode. 

 

I realize I will lose much of the capability of the device, but I need a local wifi network by which the cell phones, laptops, etc. can access a printer, TV's etc.

 

Thanks.

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