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Using NightHawk R8000 as a cascade router
Recently upgraded my primary router from NightHawk X6 R8000 to Orbi RBR750 (Mesh router with 2 satellites) in order to get better wireless coverage area through my home. Now, I'm finding that I want...
> [...] I want to use my old NightHawk as a cascaded router to give me
> enough wired hookups for my various devices.You don't want another router; you want a network switch. It'd be
less trouble to invest the $20 or so for a cheap gigabit/s-capable
Ethernet switch. But...> o I have turned off DHCP on the NH, so that the Orbi can assign
> addresses to the devices.Reasonable, but insufficient.
> [...] Is there some other setting I need to tweak on the NH [...]
More than a tweak, I'd say.
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Look for "Use the Router as a
Wireless Access Point". (That mode disables the DHCP server
implicitly.)
> o I turned off all the wireless radios on the NH, since I don't need
> that function. [...]Even so, "Wireless Access Point" mode is what you want, with or
without active radios.
> [...] I want to use my old NightHawk as a cascaded router to give me
> enough wired hookups for my various devices.
You don't want another router; you want a network switch. It'd be
less trouble to invest the $20 or so for a cheap gigabit/s-capable
Ethernet switch. But...
> o I have turned off DHCP on the NH, so that the Orbi can assign
> addresses to the devices.
Reasonable, but insufficient.
> [...] Is there some other setting I need to tweak on the NH [...]
More than a tweak, I'd say.
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Look for "Use the Router as a
Wireless Access Point". (That mode disables the DHCP server
implicitly.)
> o I turned off all the wireless radios on the NH, since I don't need
> that function. [...]
Even so, "Wireless Access Point" mode is what you want, with or
without active radios.
BINGO! Set it up as an access point and it seems to do what I want now. If I were starting from scratch, the network switch would definitely be the easier and cheaper way to go, but I figured there must be a way to re-use the old router instead of throwing it on my ever-increasing pile of outdated tech. Many thanks!