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Bridging two netgear R6700 routers
Hello,
I have two Netgear R6700 AC1750. I follow the instruction down to the T. The link is https://kb.netgear.com/24105/What-is-bridge-mode-and-how-do-I-set-it-up-on-my-Nighthawk-router, but it does not work. I am at the point where I am going to smash both of them. Anyone can show me the way to make them work? Thank you so much.
Alright! Here is the update. I configured it as a wireless AP for the second router...works good. All devices computers and IP camera work as normal as I see it. Thanks a bunch. I do want to learn more about this Network business though. I hate being confused. The instuctions from Netgear is still need some work in my oppinion. They assume you went to school for this :) They should have a link for a lesson or two for these type of thing.
Michael H.
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michaelh_2015 wrote:
I have two Netgear R6700 AC1750. I follow the instruction down to the T. The link is https://kb.netgear.com/24105/What-is-bridge-mode-and-how-do-I-set-it-up-on-my-Nighthawk-router, but it does not work.
What are you trying to do? I ask because "bridge mode" gets thrown around a lot and can mean different things in different circumstances.
It may also vary between devices. For your devices, see the section Set Up the Router in Bridge Mode in the manual, somewhere at the end of this link:
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One last question what do you mean by "it does not work"? These things can go wrong in many ways, showing different symptoms. So it might help to explain what you are doing and what happens.
Thanks for responding. I guess I should have more details. What I like to do is have another router in the same network so I can connect more devices in the house. In this case I have a router in the living room and for the lack of skill I cannot wire straight to the back of the house without either going though a lot of walls or just stapple the wire on the wall and run it to the back to hook it up to a switch (may be I have to do that after all).
So far, I can hook a lab top to the second router using cat 5, and wifi but I cann ot tell or don't know how to find it whether which wifi of router the computer is on. They have the same name. I did change the IP of the second (bridge router) to 192.168.1.2 but now I can not log into it as Administrator any more. The primary router has IP 192.168.1.1
Lastly, the internet is way slow now.
Thanks for reading.
michaelh_2015 wrote:
What I like to do is have another router in the same network so I can connect more devices in the house.
Two routers is not the answer.
If you have two routers they can get into a fight over which one controls your network, handing out local addresses so that different things can talk to one another.
michaelh_2015 wrote:
So far, I can hook a lab top to the second router using cat 5, and wifi but I cann ot tell or don't know how to find it whether which wifi of router the computer is on. They have the same name.That is because you have come up against the conflict I talked about. You have two routers in conflict.
It is better to have a router and an extender. Then the single router is in charge.
An extender can connect to the main router either with a wired link or with wifi. The wired type is known as an access point (AP). The wifi one is usually called a repeater.
Many routers can work as an AP. You just have to set them up in the right way.
Some routers can also work as a repeater. There too you have to set them up properly.
The best approach, and simplest to set up, would be to use one R6700 as a router and the second as an AP. The manual tells you how to do this in the section: Use the Router as a Wireless Access Point.
If you cannot wire the two together, your second R6700 can also work as a repeater. Read about how to set that up in the section Set Up a Wireless Distribution System.
