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Router won't serve access point
I've tried two routers in Access Point mode, and one dedicated AP, but cannot get an internet connection via the APs. I previously had good service to an older Netgear router, WAX214v2, but when I installed version 2 of the subject router, no of the APs have worked. I do have good internet if I connect a laptop to the same Ethernet cable (250 ft long to an outbuilding). I set up a TP-Link AX3000 in AP mode this morning and can see it on wifi and can access its setup page, but still no internet connection.
The problem is definitely in the Nighthawk. It will serve a laptop on that ethernet, but not an AP. Why?
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Can all the LAN ports on the Nighthawk serve an AP? I have one AP working inside the main building, so at least one LAN port can hack it.
Dr_Quark wrote:
Can all the LAN ports on the Nighthawk serve an AP? I have one AP working inside the main building, so at least one LAN port can hack it.
Do you mean that you want to feed several APs off one router?
It should work, but you can end up with a messy network. Remember what AP means:
Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Just another user with time on their hands.
The network topography is: the main router in the basement, an AP on the main floor at the other side of the building, and an AP in the shop, 250'+ away. Both the main building and the shop are essentially faraday cages. This network worked flawlessly for 5 years. Then the main router died and was replaced with the same model, but v2.
The new router will not talk to the second AP in the shop, and it took several stern lectures to get it to work with the AP in the main building. But it will connect with a laptop (on the same ethernet cable) in the shop. Why connect to the laptop and not the AP?
In the main building I have 54 connected devices. The shop has six, so when the older AP in the shop was working, the network had 60 devices, and sometimes a few more when I was doing some ESP32 cameras.
Please draw us a diagram of tha lay how of the land and where the ISP Modem and main router is and where the AP are located on the map.
Please give brand and model# of the ISP modem, main router and APs that are deployed.Please give configuration of the AP, using Dynamic or static IP address configuration.
Dr_Quark wrote:I've tried two routers in Access Point mode, and one dedicated AP, but cannot get an internet connection via the APs. I previously had good service to an older Netgear router, WAX214v2, but when I installed version 2 of the subject router, no of the APs have worked. I do have good internet if I connect a laptop to the same Ethernet cable (250 ft long to an outbuilding). I set up a TP-Link AX3000 in AP mode this morning and can see it on wifi and can access its setup page, but still no internet connection.
The problem is definitely in the Nighthawk. It will serve a laptop on that ethernet, but not an AP. Why?
You ask a good question. If your Ethernet connection will assign an IP address to a laptop and thus provide access to the internet, there could be a problem with the configuration of the access point (AP). With your old router in place, the configuration of the router and the AP were compatible. With your new router in place you may need to change the configuration of your AP. Also it is possible the new router configuration need to be changed.
The question FURRYe38 asks is critical, as is the answer. Does your AP obtain an IP address from the DHCP function of your new router or is the AP configured for a fixed IP address?
