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Best optimal coverage setup using R6700 with existing AT&T Arris 5268AC fiber gateway
Hello Everyone, This is my first post, so please forgive me if I do any protocol mangling - it is not intentional. My wife & I have had AT&T fiber service for several months now, & have been less...
DickyC3PO wrote:
We were given the standard Arris 5268AC telephony modem as the "heart" of our system.
To add to what plemans says, that is a modem/router. Which immediately lands you in worrisome territory.
Two routers on your network can cause headaches. For example, you can end up with local address problems. Among other things, the other router can misdirect addresses that the Netgear router usually handles, such as routerlogin.net or the usual IP address for a router, 192.168.1.1.
This explains some of the other drawbacks.
What is Double NAT? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
It may be possible to put the modem/router into modem only (bridge) mode and then to use the second device as the router. There may be ways to get the modem/router to cooperate, but sometimes it is easier to put the second router into AP mode. But that has its own drawbacks:
Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR SupportIn your case, the telephony bit is important. You don't want to discover that putting the modem/router into bridge mode kills the phone.
As plemans suggests, separating the modem/router and router could help you to spread the wifi. An alternative to running an Ethernet cable all over the place – doesn't always go down well with the family – is to use Powerline Ethernet to connect the R6700 to the fiber gateway.
Put the R6700 a bit nearer to the remote cameras and you might see an improvement.
What I'd recommend for the easiest setup for you? AP mode with it hardwired in to where you want to extend your coverage if possible.
It (nighthawk) should have better wifi coverage so you could try it right next to the ATT box if you wanted to see how well it covers everything.
With that said, most consumer router are going to have a limited number of wireless devices that can connect to a given radio at a time. this is going to be for your att box and your netgear box. Potential option is to run the att box's wifi and run the nighthhawks. Make sure they're on seperate wifi channels so there isn't interference. Ideally, you run a cable to the best location for the nighthawk and have it hardwired in, running in ap mode. this would allow ideal placement and you could set one or more of the radios to be dedicated for your cameras.