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Turning a N600 into an ap
I want to know how to connect to my N600. I replaced the old N600 with a Nighthawk R7000. Now I need the N600 to become an access point. The problem is that I cannot connect to my N600. I need the Nighthawk to be my primary router to provice wireless internet. I connected my N600 to my computer and tried to use the routerlogin, but my computer connected to the Nighthawk instead. I turned off the nighthawk and I'm told that I don't have an Internet connection, so I cannot log into any router. My N600 is too far from the Nighthawk to connect with a cable. That's why I need the N600 to pick up the wireless signal and convert it to a cabled signal so that I may use a device that needs hard wire only.
> I want to know how to connect to my N600. [...]
"N600" is a speed, not a model number. Ever helpful, Netgear product
packaging emphasizes speeds like "Nxxx", but that's not the model
identifier. I'll assume that you have a WNDR3400v3.
> [...] I connected my N600 to my computer and tried to use the
> routerlogin, but my computer connected to the Nighthawk instead.
You might try connecting only your (unspecified) "my computer" to
only a LAN port on the WNDR3400v3, and the WNDR3400v3 to only your "my
computer".
When dealing with routers which have WAN/Internet ports and LAN
ports, saying "connected" doesn't provide enough information. Which
port on which device can be important information.
> [...] My N600 is too far from the Nighthawk to connect with a cable.
> That's why I need the N600 to pick up the wireless signal and convert it
> to a cabled signal so that I may use a device that needs hard wire only.
That's a wireless bridge, not a wireless access point. As I read the
WNDR3400v3 User Manual, it doesn't offer a wireless bridge mode of
operation.
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Look for "bridge". (I didn't
find it.)
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> I want to know how to connect to my N600. [...]
"N600" is a speed, not a model number. Ever helpful, Netgear product
packaging emphasizes speeds like "Nxxx", but that's not the model
identifier. I'll assume that you have a WNDR3400v3.
> [...] I connected my N600 to my computer and tried to use the
> routerlogin, but my computer connected to the Nighthawk instead.
You might try connecting only your (unspecified) "my computer" to
only a LAN port on the WNDR3400v3, and the WNDR3400v3 to only your "my
computer".
When dealing with routers which have WAN/Internet ports and LAN
ports, saying "connected" doesn't provide enough information. Which
port on which device can be important information.
> [...] My N600 is too far from the Nighthawk to connect with a cable.
> That's why I need the N600 to pick up the wireless signal and convert it
> to a cabled signal so that I may use a device that needs hard wire only.
That's a wireless bridge, not a wireless access point. As I read the
WNDR3400v3 User Manual, it doesn't offer a wireless bridge mode of
operation.
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Look for "bridge". (I didn't
find it.)Thank you for your response. I also have a Netgear range extender, model WN2000RPTv2. I moved it near my other router and pluged the WNDR3400 into the range extender. I was able to connect to the WNDR3400 and change the name. Since the WNDR3400 cannot pick up a wireless signal, I ordered another range extender. I'm going to have more extenders than I know what to do with.
> [...] I replaced the old N600 with a Nighthawk R7000. [...]
One more possibility: Keep the WNDR3400v3 as your main router, and
use the R7000 as a wireless bridge. Look for "Set Up the Router in
Bridge Mode" in the R7000 User Manual.Thank you for that Idea. I had not thought of that. Would that make the internet slower?