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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 Ni...
> 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?
> [...] Would that make the internet slower?
That might depend on the speed of your connection, about which I know
nothing. I'd expect a WNDR3400v3 to be slower than an R7000, but
whether either router would be the bottleneck in your situation would be
determined more reliably by experiment than by any guesswork you're
likely to find here.