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Northwoods's avatar
Northwoods
Aspirant
Apr 30, 2022

R6400v2 Can I run this unit as a secondary WIFI to my New EERO 6 wifi

Just added Frontier Internet and it includes an EERO RN Z Pro6 wifi. Some older items in my house don't recognize the wifi.

Can I run a secondary Nitehawk out of the ethernet connection and operate 2 wifis?

I saw somewhere that the nite hawk can be configured to alternate frequency or so.mething to that effect, but I can't seem to find this on the Nitehawk website

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  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru
    Apr 30, 2022

    Yes you can. 

    Just set the R6400 in access point mode to prevent a double nat. 

    When you setup the wifi bands, just make sure to put the netgear on different channels for both 2.4ghz and 5ghz to prevent interference. 

      • michaelkenward's avatar
        michaelkenward
        Guru
        May 01, 2022

        Manuals are always a good place to start.

        Visit the support pages:

        Support | NETGEAR

        Check the section in the manual Use the Router as a Wireless Access Point (wired to the router)  or Set Up the Router in Bridge Mode (with a wifi lino to the router).

        You may have done that already. I can't tell from your messages.

        I mention it because Netgear gave up on supplying paper manuals and CD versions some years ago and people sometimes miss the downloads.