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Adding a Nighthawk R7000 bridge to existing Nighthawk R8000
I'm just an old lady and not very good with this computer stuff, so please help. I live on 3 acres. I have a shop about 140' from my home with my existing Netgear Modem CM500 that is plugged into a NighthawkX6 R8000.
I currently am using an old Netgear extender in my shop, but with 2 phones, 1 computer and an internet capable television, it's not enough juice. I have an old Nighthawk R7000 that I've been reading could be used as a bridge in my shop to extend the wifi there and make it stronger. But I can't for the life of me figure out how to program it. When I go on the internet to routerlogin.net, it only shows my nighthawk R8000. I used an ether cord from the R7000 to my computer, but I still don't see the R7000. What am I doing wrong? Will putting the R7000 in my shop help to boost the wifi signal coming from my house? There is only the 2 outside walls between them. Thank you!!
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The bridge mode of the router is described on page 137 here: https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/R7000/R7000_UM.pdf Given the distance, you'll need to bridge at 2.4 Ghz. 5 Ghz probably won't travel that far.
This is worth a try, but it might not improve your performance much. 140 feet is a long haul for WiFi.
icelady wrote:
When I go on the internet to routerlogin.net, it only shows my nighthawk R8000. I used an ether cord from the R7000 to my computer, but I still don't see the R7000.
Connect the ethernet between one of the LAN ports of the R7000 and the computer. Don't connect the internet port on the R7000 to anything. Then either disable WiFi on the computer temporarily, or just turn the WiFi on the R8000 off (temporarily) - using the WiFi on/off button on the top of the router.
If http://routerlogin.net still doesn't connect, then try http://192.168.1.1
