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WGR614v7 for use as wireless access point
I want to configure a WGR614v7 for use as a wireless access point in my garden studio. There is an ethernet cable from the main router in the house. I need to have ethernet ports as well as wi-fi and I hope the WGR614v7 will do what I need, but I need to reconfigure it.
I'm not able to access the configuration page. If I enter 192.168.1.1 into my browser it either produces no result, or it takes me to routerlogin.com which tells me I'm not connected to my router's wi-fi - which I am!
It seems to me that routerlogin.com is not enabled to handle this old router. Please can you advise exactly how I can access the configuration page?
Thanks.
Just as a follow up, the new WAC104 works fine, but as with the WGR614 I had great difficulty accessing the setup page. This eventually turned out to be down to the antivirus software blocking access. Once I'd disabled this, I was able to get in and set a decent password for the wi-fi.
Quite possibly I'd have been able to re-configure the WGR614 as an access point if I'd realised this sooner! If I've nothing better to do I'll give it a go!
Thanks for the help.
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> I'm not able to access the configuration page. [...]
When you connect what, exactly, to what, exactly, how, exactly?
If you connect nothing to the WGR614v7 except (its power adapter and)
a computer to one of its LAN Ethernet ports, then it should work as
described in its documentation.Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get some. Read.> I want to configure a WGR614v7 for use as a wireless access point
> [...]As I read its documentation, your antique doesn't have a WAP mode
option, so you'll need to use a procedure like the one at: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. If the router which you're reconfiguring has a WAN/Internet
Ethernet port (unlike a Cxxxx), then leave it unconnected.Thanks for the advice. I found the process of accessing the configuration page and making the necessary changes altogether too challenging, and wasn't confident of achieving the results I need. I've ordered a dedicated Wi-Fi access point from Netgear.
Thanks again.
Just as a follow up, the new WAC104 works fine, but as with the WGR614 I had great difficulty accessing the setup page. This eventually turned out to be down to the antivirus software blocking access. Once I'd disabled this, I was able to get in and set a decent password for the wi-fi.
Quite possibly I'd have been able to re-configure the WGR614 as an access point if I'd realised this sooner! If I've nothing better to do I'll give it a go!
Thanks for the help.
DavidMW45 wrote:
This eventually turned out to be down to the antivirus software blocking access.
Good feedback.
Which software? Have you alerted them to the grief they caused you?
