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Edvhub01
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Dec 15, 2020

Using router (wgr614v9) as a switch

Good evening,
I have a setup with a router (netgear wgr614v9) which is connected to my main router. I want the devices connected to my netgear router to be assigned ips in the 192.168.1.X-range.. not the 10.0.0.X which is now the case.
I have tried unticking the DHCP-box in the LAN settings.
What more do I need to do?
Thank you for your help and sorry for my lack of network-skills.

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  • > [...] my main router. [...]

     

       Not a very detailed description of that device.

     

    > What more do I need to do?

     

       You could configure your antique as a wireless access point.  Many
    newer models have a convenient mode option to do that, but you'd need to
    do it that hard way.  See, for example:

     

          https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1463500

     

    That's written for a Netgear C6300-as-WAP, but the steps are about the
    same for any other router (any make/model) which lacks a one-step WAP
    option.  Such as your antique.

     

       Note that that scheme leaves the WAN/Internet port on the
    router-as-WAP unconnected.  (A WAP is all-LAN.  A model with the
    one-step WAP option effectively reconfigures its WAN/Internet port as
    another LAN port.  Without the one-step WAP option, you need to use only
    the LAN ports.)