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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...
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.
> 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.