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Bridge Mode or Access Point? What's the difference? Cascade??
Hi, Just to give you a quick background of my setup right now. I have a 4500 sqft house and currently have Uverse Internet (NVG589, 45 mbps down, 5 mbps up). I bought myself a R7000 hoping to expan...
- Apparently you can set up the Ex6100 as an AP. This link shows how. I have never used this device, so, only can go by this doc. Scroll down to around Item 15, in the doc. Good Luck!
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/24432/~/ex6100-initial-installation-%28access-point-and-extender%29-with-genie-smart-setup
I have U-Verse with the NVG589 and a R7000 hooked up to it. What you want to do is put the NVG589 into bridge mode and use your R7000 as a router instead of an AP. Bridge mode is called IP Passthrough on the NVG589 and can be found in the Firewall settings.
You can find detailed instructions for setting things up in this article. Be especially sure to change the LAN subnet on the R7000 to something other than 192.168.1.0/24. 192.168.1.0/24 will continue to be used by other devices directly connected to the NVG589's LAN ports, such as your TV set-top boxes.
You may have to reboot both the NVG589 and the R7000, so don't lose hope if things don't start working immediately.
You can find detailed instructions for setting things up in this article. Be especially sure to change the LAN subnet on the R7000 to something other than 192.168.1.0/24. 192.168.1.0/24 will continue to be used by other devices directly connected to the NVG589's LAN ports, such as your TV set-top boxes.
You may have to reboot both the NVG589 and the R7000, so don't lose hope if things don't start working immediately.