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Netgear RP614v2 to be used as an access point / extender to Vodafone Pro Wifi router - Help required
Hi All,
I have a Vodafone provided router with 4 ethernet ports on the back which is up and running fine. The wifi boosters are not really reliable enough so I am resorting to feeding cables from the 4 ports throughout the house. The cable coming from LAN port 1 on the back of the Vodafone router I am connecting to the incoming WAN port in my Netgear RP614v2 so that I can use the 4 LAN ports on the Netgear router for multiple laptops, printers, etc. I am struggling to get it working and wondered if anyone else has managed this. Vodafone had given me some PPPoE details in terms of a username and password and a VLAN ID. as per the reference manual for the netgear router found here: https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RP614v2/rp614v2_reference_manual.pdf page 24, for a PPPoE setup an account and domain is also required which I am unsure of. Vodafone tech support did not know what should be put here. They did say that the DNS address setting should be set to the default of 'Get automatically from ISP' but not knowing the account or domain, I cannot complete this form and am stuck. I tried a few other suggestions from youtube but hqaven't managed to get it to work. Ideally, not only the 4 LAN ports work for other devices but also the WiFi works as a pass through so the router works as a wifi extender too using the same SID or SIDs (the vodafone router offers two - a main SID and a guest SID) to broadcast wifi from the router too further extending the range.
Can anyone help?
Many thanks
Stuart.
5 Replies
Holy jeez, thats an old device. that version was released in 2003 but the v1 was in 2002. Its time to retire that device and upgrade to something from the current decade. You'll get much better performance and you'll even get wireless. If you look at the spec sheet for the RP614, it doesn't even have wireless. Its an old dsl router with base model specs.
If all you're looking for is for more wired connections, upgrade to a unmanaged gigabit switch. a cheap 8 port is usually $20-30 and will just work.
Or you can get a router and run it in access point mode.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RP614v2
Many thanks plemans,
Yes I think I will be throwing that device away. Our house is like a long thin rectangle with a garden which is over double the length of the house and the internet comes in at the end of the house furthest away from the garden. I've now got a long LAN cable from our UK Vodafone Broadband modem/router from the device to the office at the other end of the house on the 1st floor and am considering the following:
1) As you say, plug the long cable into a 4 or 8 port unmanaged gigabit switch for the office to allow the other laptop, printer and camera , etc to plug into the switch.
If I want to broadcast the network wirelessly to the end of the garden, then am I right that I have the options of :
1) Replacing the switch with a wireless router to offer 4 ports and transmit the wireless signal
or
2) add a wireless access point which is plugged into the switch where I can position it independent of cable connecting to the switch for better transmission to the garden.
I am thinking that I may get an overall cheaper price rather than an 8 port router, and would the setup be a good one from performance point of view?
Many thanks
Compared to what you were planning on use, a basic gigabit dual band router would be great.
I'm not in your shoes but I'm a fan of buying a little to much versus to little. I'd rather see something get a router with access point mode (most have it) that they can use as a backup router fairly decently. meaning look for a little better router than just base model. That way if something does happen, you have a fairly solid device to fall back on. I usually advise people to check amazon for "renewed" routers. Since the wireless 6 (AX) devices have been out for a while, we're starting to see renewed devices. so you can get a pretty solid AX router for pretty cheap.
shumphr1 wrote:
The wifi boosters are not really reliable enough so I am resorting to feeding cables from the 4 ports throughout the house.
If you want to get wired Ethernet around the place, investigate Powerline Ethernet. It uses the mains circuit as a substitute for Ethernet cables. Great for connecting things like smart TVs that don't move around the place.
Many thanks yes, I have one to provide internet to the shed, 20m down the garden but the house has lots of old fuse boxes that should be in a museum and so plugging in doesn't cover the whole house, just one set of sockets or another., house need rewiring really!
