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ldjolley's avatar
ldjolley
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May 03, 2021

Netgear R6220 connecting second router

I currently use a Deco mesh router that came with 3 units. I live in a ranch so I have a unit at each end of the house and one in the middle. But it's still not strong enough at the end of the house farthest from the modem.  I disconnected my Netgear router, thinking the Deco would solve the problem. Is it possible to connect the Netgear router to my modem also, wirelessly, and use both of them? If so, how?

 

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  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru
    May 04, 2021

    You can but you need to set it up right as cascading routers can cause issues. 

    https://kb.netgear.com/30186/What-is-Double-NAT

     

    So if you go:

    modem---->deco---->netgear  

    then you'd want the netgear in access point mode.

    If you go:

    modem----->netgear------>deco

    then you'd want the deco in access point mode.