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WNDR3700: how to create accespoint and general information
Hi, Hereby I would like to ask for your support regarding to my home network. Situation: For a couple of years I own the WNDR3700 router, which I use as a router. It's connected with a cable ...
The WNDR3700 can be used as an Access Point, but only when it is physically wired to the main router. If your house is wired for Ethernet or you are able to install Ethernet (Powerline can used as an alternative), then you can enable AP Mode in the WNDR3700's setup via ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless AP.
Personally, I prefer and recommend an alternative form of setting a router up as an Access Point. It's an old school method that was used before Netgear added the AP Mode setting. My instructions for setting this up can be found in another thread (link). Note, in particular the difference in using a LAN port instead of the WAN port!
Use the IP address you assigned to the WNDR3700, 192.168.0.230, to log into it. That's what it's for.
I tried but 192.168.0.230 wasn't accepted by the WNDR3700's settings. I got the error message: IP address conflicts with the WAN IP subnet. So I tried some others: 192.168.0.240 etc. Still same error.
So I tried to change the 0 in 192.168.0.XXX in 1. I filled in something random in the XXX part (afterwards that wasn't very smart). And the IP got accepted. After that, I couldn't get acces anymore. And I do not know that the exact IP is.