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Can't configure AX40 as AP mode
I have spent countless hours trying to configure a new RAX40 as AP mode. I also have a Netgear 7800 and I didnt have any problem doing the same thing. I dont know if my unit is defective. Do you ha...
Consumer routers, especially new borns, make bad APs in general. (Just my very personal point on that idea...).
Assuming you have used this process (applicable to all new RAX AX routers, too):
How do I change my Nighthawk router to AP mode after I’ve already run setup?
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- Scroll down to Choose IP Address settings on this access point and select Get dynamically from existing router. The other existing router on the network assigns an IP address to this router while this router is in AP mode.
Note: The Enable fixed IP settings on this device (not recommended) setting requires advanced network experience. Only use this setting if you want to manually assign a specific IP address to the router while it is in AP mode. - Click Apply.
Note: After you click Apply, the AP device will change to a new IP assigned by your existing router. The NETGEAR genie web interface may no longer be available. ...
So at the point #6 the router is not restarting, or not picking up an address form the DHCP server (checked the router [not the AX40] Attached Devices list/DHCP logs, ...?) , or isn't reachable on the IP address manually configured [have used one in your LAN TCP/IP subnetwork?], ... also try the WAN as well as any LAN port. Who knows...
...and when connecting at that point (assumeably configured AP mode) to the wireless, with any LAN or the WAN port connected to your primary network, does it get anywhere? E.g. DHCP assigned, LAN access, ...?
schumaku wrote:
Consumer routers, especially new borns, make bad APs in general. (Just my very personal point on that idea...).
You are not alone in thinking that.
I'm curious, why would someone buy an expensive AX router and then use it as an access point?
I chip in only to add that Orbi routers might be an exception to that "rule". They come with very useful wifi features, but gaps in their network support. (USB storage, for example.)
A lot of people put Orbis into AP mode, me included. This is the first time I have seen it mentioned for an AX router.
I used to had a voip system and I have some sonos speakers, so all together there were not working properly. The people that installed me (8 years ago) recommended splitting the network and that’s why I ended buying a linlsys Cisco router to to that.
Since then I changed the original ap to 2 newer Netgear 7800 routers and I could very easily configured them to work as AP. And changed the name to the same to the same ssid name and password that was originally set up. The configuration of that Linksys is closed so I can’t change the name or password of the WiFi network or do the things that can be done with the genie or nighthawk app.
Some months ago i changed to a regular Panasonic phone system and I remodeled a game room that has very poor coverage of the existing 7800mrouter. So i have basically 2 chices, try just to make this new AX40 work as AP mode and leave everything as it is, or take out the Linksys router and redo everything from zero.
