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twakalowski
Jun 07, 2018Aspirant
How to disable Wireless AP mode
On the "ADVANCED home" page for my router, under both 2.4 ghz and 5 ghz it lists Wireless AP as being on, despite not being enabled in ADVANCED>Advanced Setup>Wireless AP. How do I disable Wireless A...
- Jun 07, 2018
> On the "ADVANCED home" page for my router, under both 2.4 ghz and 5
> ghz it lists Wireless AP as being on, despite not being enabled in
> ADVANCED>Advanced Setup>Wireless AP. How do I disable Wireless AP?
Two different things: "Wireless AP" and "[Wireless] Access Point
Mode".
Strictly speaking, a "wireless access point" is the part of the
wireless router which handles the wireless communication. The R6400 has
one for each frequency band, and that's what the ADVANCED > ADVANCED
Home page controls. Disabling an AP switches off that radio, but
doesn't affect other router functions.
Wireless access point _mode_ is a mode of operation which disables
most/all of the router functions, leaving only the wireless access point
functions. That's what ADVANCED > Wireless Access Point : Enable Access
Point Mode controls. If that box is unchecked, then your R6400 should
be in full-function router mode.
What would you like the R6400 to do?
antinode
Jun 07, 2018Guru
> On the "ADVANCED home" page for my router, under both 2.4 ghz and 5
> ghz it lists Wireless AP as being on, despite not being enabled in
> ADVANCED>Advanced Setup>Wireless AP. How do I disable Wireless AP?
Two different things: "Wireless AP" and "[Wireless] Access Point
Mode".
Strictly speaking, a "wireless access point" is the part of the
wireless router which handles the wireless communication. The R6400 has
one for each frequency band, and that's what the ADVANCED > ADVANCED
Home page controls. Disabling an AP switches off that radio, but
doesn't affect other router functions.
Wireless access point _mode_ is a mode of operation which disables
most/all of the router functions, leaving only the wireless access point
functions. That's what ADVANCED > Wireless Access Point : Enable Access
Point Mode controls. If that box is unchecked, then your R6400 should
be in full-function router mode.
What would you like the R6400 to do?