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GoOregonDucks2
Feb 11, 2016Aspirant
Adding a Second wireless access Point to a Network
I've read a couple of the discussion on this and I think I have everything but I'm still having problems. I have a Century Link Router and Wireless Router as my main station 192.168.0.1. I want to ...
- Feb 11, 2016
Glad you got it working. You can go to downloadcenter.netgear.com to look for newer firmware. You will have to enter the correct model number (i.e. WNR2000v1 through WNR2000v5). But, if things are working, I'd say leave well enough alone. Upgrading firmware, while prudent to fix security bugs, is never risk-free.
TheEther
Feb 11, 2016Guru
What's the model # of your Netgear? N300 is a Wi-Fi speed rating.
- GoOregonDucks2Feb 11, 2016Aspirant
Sorry about that. The box says WNR200-100NAS. Is that what you are looking for?
- TheEtherFeb 11, 2016Guru
Yes.
The WNR2000 has a setting under ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless AP to set it up as an Access Point. The instructions should be straightforward. You will connect the WNR2000's yellow, Internet port to your CenturyLink router.
The method you used (i.e. disabling the DHCP server) is old school. You should still be able to use it but there are a couple of differences.
- You must connect a WNR2000 LAN port to the CenturyLink. The Internet port should be left unused. The reason is that the WNR2000 is still in router mode, so the Internet port is considered a WAN port. Wireless AP Mode differs from this because it disables router mode and converts the Internet port into another LAN port.
- The WNR2000 must be configured with a static IP address. You did this by assigning 192.168.0.4. But you need to make sure this address is 1) in the IP subnet configured on the CenturyLink and 2) not in the DHCP range managed by the CenturyLink. Both conditions must be satisifed. Wireless AP Mode also differs because it has an option to use DHCP to obtain an IP address from the CenturyLink for the WNR2000 to use. You can, however, use a static IP address in Wireless AP Mode. You will see the two options if you explore the Wireless AP Mode setting.
- GoOregonDucks2Feb 11, 2016Aspirant
Thanks. I looked and I don't have a ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless AP option. It's probably too old. :-) Is there an update I can download?
Anyway, I set it all up again and then plugged it into a LAN port and everything works! Thanks The devices I have plugged into the WNR2000 are now connecting to the internet. Thanks for your help and quick response.