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biggie1203
Jan 01, 2021Follower
Turning my wnr1000v2 into a hardwired AP or Extender
Hello, I am trying to turn an older model router into a secondary AP or extender. The problem is, all of the support articles specifiy selecting that as an option under the router configuration. ...
wcalifas
Jan 02, 2021Prodigy
I think you should change the router's IP to something different. Check to see your primary router's ip parameters are and set it to something that will not affect it giving you double NAT. Which creates IP conflicts if you have double NAT.
antinode
Jan 02, 2021Guru
> I think you should change the router's IP to something different.
> [...]
Huh? "different" from _what_? Why?
> [...] set it to something that will not affect it giving you double
> NAT. Which creates IP conflicts if you have double NAT.
"it"? "it"?
A wireless access point does not do NAT, so it can't possibly cause
"double NAT".
Perhaps you, too, should read that thread cited earlier.