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My first post here. I've been running two R6250 in my home network, one as Wifi router and one as an access point. It all ran fine for a year or so - until my cable modem died. Replaced the modem ...
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Now that Netgear Genie on the main R6250 (the one used as router) can see the second R6250 (the intended AP), I would like to set the intended AP to work as a stand alone wireless access point. Problem now is connecting to the intended AP. routerlogin.com only gets to the main R6250. Using Chrome and entering the intended's IP fails to connect - times out every try. The connection between R6250s is wired ethernet plugged into one of the LAN ports on the main R6250 and into the WAN port on the intended R6250. Got any ideas? How can I reach netgear genie on the intended AP?
> Now that Netgear Genie on the main R6250 (the one used as router) can
> see the second R6250 (the intended AP), [...]
This "Netgear Genie" is the web-browser interface? (Ever helpful,
Netgear uses the name "Genie" for more than one thing. Netgear routers
have a web-browser interface called "Genie", and Netgear offers
application programs for various computers/pads/phones, which are also
called "Genie".)
"see" how, exactly? Is "the second R6250 (the intended AP)" already
configured as an AP, or is it still (or back) in full-function router
mode?
> I would like to set the intended AP to work as a stand alone wireless
> access point.
What's a "stand alone wireless access point"? "stand alone"?
> Problem now is connecting to the intended AP. routerlogin.com only
> gets to the main R6250.
That's to be expected. How could one name point to your choice of
two different devices? To access the WAP, you'd need to specify its LAN
IP address. If it's still in full-function router mode, then you'd need
to be connected to its LAN, not the main router LAN. (Or else enable
remote management access, and use its WAN address, I suppose.)
> Using Chrome and entering the intended's IP fails to connect - times
> out every try.
Which "the intended's IP"? If it's still in full-function router
mode, then it has a WAN IP address and a LAN IP address. Each interface
(LAN and WAN) has its own address. And you normally need to be on its
LAN side to reach its web site.
> The connection between R6250s is wired ethernet plugged into one of
> the LAN ports on the main R6250 and into the WAN port on the intended
> R6250.
That's reasonable if the second one is already in WAP mode. If it's
still in full-function router mode, then the best thing to do may be to
connect a computer to its LAN, and switch it to WAP mode.
It would help in understanding what's happening if you revealed the
actual IP addresses of this stuff.
My usual advice is to shrink the DHCP pool range on the main router
to, say, ".2" - ".199", and configure the WAP LAN address to ".200" or
".250" -- something memorable, and outside the (main router) DHCP pool.
