RAX40s lose WAN internet when switched to AP mode

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pointsToNull wrote:

..."steal" the WAN connection from the other working RAX40.

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How does this appear to you resp. the systems you connect to that router supposedly in AP mode? What comes into my mind is that one RAX40 went to router mode, and started to issue local IP addresses on the LAN/WLAN (using a different subnet like 10.0.0.0/24 with the WAN on 192.168.1.0/24 (default on your R8000P).  

By losing WAN I mean they have a self assigned IP and no internet connection when directly plugged into that router via ethernet.

   I'd have the R8000P set up in Router mode. Connect the first RAX40 as AP mode, and all works well. Sometimes even the second RAX40 connects fine as an AP. But the next RAX40 I set up either doesn't get a WAN connection or runs fine but when I go to check on the other RAX40 APs one or more of them loses WAN and shows amber color on WAN LED.

The RAX40s definitely don't unexpectedly switch back to router mode since they never give themselves or any clients an IP. But when they truly are in router mode they work just fine.

Why would only one, sometimes two, RAX40s be able to act as AP but as soon as more are connected it because an issue? Theoretically I should be able attach as many APs as I would like as long as they fit in the IP address space.