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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...
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.