NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Setting up R4500 as an Access Point on Orbi Network
I just upgraded my network to an Orbi wifi6 mesh network (RBR750) from a Nightscout R7800 router. I found an older/previous R4500 / N900 router that I had used and wanted to set it up on the network...
disconnec the r4500 from your primary router and reboot it.
Then connect your laptop to the r4500 without the r4500 connected to the primary router.
From there you should be able to access it and put it in access point mode.
Once in access point mode, connect it to the primary router.
The primary router will assign it an ip address and you can use that to access it.
disconnec the r4500 from your primary router and reboot it.
Then connect your laptop to the r4500 without the r4500 connected to the primary router.
From there you should be able to access it and put it in access point mode.
Thanks. I think I tried this. The issue was that, even if I had a laptop directly connected to the R4500 with an ethernet cable. I could not access the settings via a web browser using routerlogin.net. I assume this would be because the R4500 is not conected to the primarr router and, hence, not on the network (nor is the laptop; if I connect the laptopm or the R4500 to the network, I end up accessing the Orbi base admin login). Does this make sense?
waruz wrote:
Thanks. I think I tried this. The issue was that, even if I had a laptop directly connected to the R4500 with an ethernet cable. I could not access the settings via a web browser using routerlogin.net. I assume this would be because the R4500 is not conected to the primarr router and, hence, not on the network (nor is the laptop; if I connect the laptopm or the R4500 to the network, I end up accessing the Orbi base admin login). Does this make sense?
it might have changed its default ip address. Try doing the same but factory reset it. that should get you to the default 192.168.1.1 address. try using that instead of the routerlogin address.
Make sure not to connect it to the orbi until you have it in access point mode. Once its in access point mode, connect the R4500's wan port to the orbi's lan port. Then log into the orbi and find what IP address the orbi assigned to the R4500. Use that address to access it.