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Two RAX10 routers same SSID routerlogin
I set up a second Nighthawk router in AP mode to extend my WiFi network. If I give them the same SSID, how to I dictate which router I access on routerlogin.net? I tried changing the IP address of the second router, but it looks like LAN settings are disabled in AP mode.
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Something that is hardcoded and can't be changed. Use the IP address for the 2nd router to access it web page. Same thing can be done with the 1st router.
jerrama2 wrote:
how to I dictate which router I access on routerlogin.net?
In AP mode, routerlogin.net won't work. The main router manages the IP address for the AP.
You need to know the AP's IP address to get at it with a web browser and the graphical user interface (GUI). That will be listed in the "Attached devices" page of the GUI.
If you don't want to have to hunt down the AP's IP address every time you want to access it, you have a couple of options.
When you set up the AP, avoid the Netgear warning and tell it to use a fixed IP address. Then aim your router at that address when you want to login in to the GUI.
Alternatively, leave that setting alone and go to the router's list of attached devices in the LAN Setup and tell it to reserve the AP's IP address. Then when you want to access the AP throw that into the GUI.
Just remember, or bookmark, the IP address you have allocated to the AP.
Disclaimer: Just another user with time on their hands.
