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AC1200 R6220 wallmount
This is one of the least technical questions on this board. I'd like to mount my 6220 router on the wall. The bottom face of the router has two -o- type holes, as if intended for two mounting screw...
Hi xcskier,
Thank you for providing the photo.
The plates are there as intended and serve as some sort of stopper for the mounting screw so that it will not make contact with the router's internals. That also means that the mounting screw head should not really penetrate deeper than the plates. All you have to do is align the screw head at the center of mounting slot and slide the router up or down, depending on the orientation of your mount, to lock it in place.
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Dexter
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I'm not communicating the situation. The attached graphic shows two situations. In 1, the usual situation for hanging something from a wall, there is a hole drilled through the face of the object to be hung. The screw (black pointy thing) head just fits the diameter of the hole. After the screw head passes through the face, the head is now inside the object. The object is then slid one way or the other so the narrow part of the screw fits into the slots and the head is caught behind the face, which is what secures the object to the wall.
In 2, the situation of my Netgear router, the screw hole is sealed off by a plate (the black rectangle. Thus the screw head cannot be inserted behind the bottom face regardless of what shape it is, and the router would not be secure hanging on the wall.
So I guess my question really is: If these holes used to be for hanging the router from the wall, but they are now sealed off, does this mean Netgear does not want me to hang the router from the wall?