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R6300 Management
I have installed an R7900 router and an R6300 router. When I log into the Router it always assumes that I want the R7900. How do I tell it that I want the R6300?
> I have an R7900 [...]
Ok.
> [...] connected to a Comcast Modem [...]
Not a very detailed description of that device. Maker? Model
number? s it a simple "Modem", or a modem+router? I'll assume that
it's a modem-only, but that's a guess.> [...] connect to the R7900 I have an R6300 via an Ethernet cable.
R6300[v1] or R6300v2? Look for "Model" on the product label.
Hint: If a device has different types of ports, then "connected to
device" is not enough detail.> [...] both routers useful in covering the entire house [...]
Ok. You might be happier if you configured the inner router
(R6300[vX]) as a wireless access point, rather than as a full-function
router.For an R6300v2, visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your
(actual) model number, and look for Documentation. Get the User Manual
(at least). Read. Look for "Wireless Access Point (AP)".When configured as a WAP, a router like this will be all-LAN, and
will get a new/different LAN IP address. That address is how you access
its management web site.By default, an R6300v2-as-WAP will get its new/different LAN IP
address using DHCP from the main router (which, I'm assuming, is the
R7900). An Attached Devices report on that main router should show what
that address is. I'd use Address Reservation on the main router to
specify some memorable address for the R6300v2-as-WAP, so that you won't
need to look it up whenever you want to manage it.
The R6300[v1] seems to lack a convenient WAP option, but almost any
router can be configured as a WAP. See, for example:https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1463500
That's written for a Netgear C6300-as-WAP, but the steps are about the
same for any other router (any make/model) which lacks a one-step WAP
option. If the router which you're reconfiguring has a WAN/Internet
Ethernet port (unlike a Cxxxx), then leave it unconnected.Part of that ad-hoc router-as-WAP configuration procedure is choosing
a static IP address for the router-as-WAP, so you'd know it in that
case, too.If your (inspecified) "a Comcast Modem" is actually a modem+router,
then you should either configure it as a modem-only (and use the R7900
as your main router), or else keep your (inspecified) "a Comcast Modem"
as your main router, and configure both the R7900 and R6300[vX] as WAPs.
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> I have installed an R7900 router and an R6300 router. [...]
There might be more than one way to do that. What, exactly, is
connected to what, exactly? (Hint: If a device has different types of
ports, then "connected to device" is not enough detail.) Is some kind
of modem or ONT involved?Why are you trying to use two routers? Are they both configured as
full-function routers (probably unwise), or is one of them configured as
a wireless access point (probably wiser)?> [...] When I log into the Router [...]
Which you do, how, exactly, from what, which is connected to what,
how? What's the IP address of the system with the web browser?> [...] it always assumes that I want the R7900.
Nothing (and no one, except perhaps you) is assuming anything; you
get what you ask for. Which I can't see from here.
> [...] How do I tell it that I want the R6300?"it" being your web browser? That would depend on how you connected
and configured these devices. Generally, you can specify the router's
LAN IP address, if you can determine that, but the details depend on the
details.Sorry for being unclear, let me try again:
I have an R7900 connected to a Comcast Modem and connect to the R7900 I have an R6300 via an Ethernet cable. Both routers are configured as routers. The R7900 has had SSID used for business while the R6300 has had an SSID used for home.
I recently moved my business office into my home and find using both routers useful in covering the entire house (about 4000 sq ft.).
My goal in accessing each router is to set or reset the SSIDs that each holds.
> I have an R7900 [...]
Ok.
> [...] connected to a Comcast Modem [...]
Not a very detailed description of that device. Maker? Model
number? s it a simple "Modem", or a modem+router? I'll assume that
it's a modem-only, but that's a guess.> [...] connect to the R7900 I have an R6300 via an Ethernet cable.
R6300[v1] or R6300v2? Look for "Model" on the product label.
Hint: If a device has different types of ports, then "connected to
device" is not enough detail.> [...] both routers useful in covering the entire house [...]
Ok. You might be happier if you configured the inner router
(R6300[vX]) as a wireless access point, rather than as a full-function
router.For an R6300v2, visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your
(actual) model number, and look for Documentation. Get the User Manual
(at least). Read. Look for "Wireless Access Point (AP)".When configured as a WAP, a router like this will be all-LAN, and
will get a new/different LAN IP address. That address is how you access
its management web site.By default, an R6300v2-as-WAP will get its new/different LAN IP
address using DHCP from the main router (which, I'm assuming, is the
R7900). An Attached Devices report on that main router should show what
that address is. I'd use Address Reservation on the main router to
specify some memorable address for the R6300v2-as-WAP, so that you won't
need to look it up whenever you want to manage it.
The R6300[v1] seems to lack a convenient WAP option, but almost any
router can be configured as a WAP. See, for example:https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1463500
That's written for a Netgear C6300-as-WAP, but the steps are about the
same for any other router (any make/model) which lacks a one-step WAP
option. If the router which you're reconfiguring has a WAN/Internet
Ethernet port (unlike a Cxxxx), then leave it unconnected.Part of that ad-hoc router-as-WAP configuration procedure is choosing
a static IP address for the router-as-WAP, so you'd know it in that
case, too.If your (inspecified) "a Comcast Modem" is actually a modem+router,
then you should either configure it as a modem-only (and use the R7900
as your main router), or else keep your (inspecified) "a Comcast Modem"
as your main router, and configure both the R7900 and R6300[vX] as WAPs.