Change from AP Mode to Router Mode

rochrunner
Tutor
Mar 21, 2021
Yeah, as pointed out, the problem with the factoy reset would be the other settings that I'd have to redo, although I don't think there are that many (SSIDs and passwords, etc.).
- plemans
  Guru - Experienced User
  Mar 21, 2021
  You can always try it with just switching it out of access point mode.
  If it has issues, then try the factory reset
antinode
Guru
Mar 21, 2021
> When you set the r7000P in access point mode, it got the ip address
> from the router its connected to.

It did, if you chose "Get dynamically from existing router." If,
instead, you chose "Use fixed IP Address (not recommended).", then you
specified a static address (and other parameters) yourself. Presumably,
you'd remember doing that if you'd done it.
- DanG_NOLA
  Aspirant
  May 17, 2021
  Currently both are AP. I switched the R8000 back to router but when I connect to it, it apparently issues an illegal ip or none at all. The default IP won't talk to it. The two netlogin addresses don't work either. None of 192.168.1.1, .1.254, .0.1, nor .0.254 work. I rebooted it 3 or 4 times. No help. I hit the reset button, it returns to AP mode with all my settings intact. After I deselect, AP mode and restart, hooked up to Ethernet port 2, what else do I need? My laptop is set to get IP number from router.
  - antinode
    Guru
    May 17, 2021
    > Currently both are AP. [...]
    
       One: Start your own thread for you own problem with your own details.
    
       Two: The non-psychics in your audience can't see what you're doing,
    or what happens when you do it.
    
       Both what? I'd expect having one router (operating as a router) to
    be a better plan than having none. Is some kind of modem involved?
    
    > [...] I switched the R8000 back to router but when I connect to it, it
    > apparently issues an illegal ip or none at all. [...]
    
       When you connect what, exactly, to what, exactly? "apparently"?
    
       None of this is a useful problem description. It does not say what
    you did. It does not say what happened when you did it. As usual,
    showing actual actions (commands) with their actual results (error
    messages, LED indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vague
    descriptions or interpretations.
    
    > [...] The default IP won't talk to it. [...]
    
       Huh? Do you mean some "IP" _address_? An IP address doesn't talk to
    anything. See "None of this is a useful problem description [...]",
    above.
    
    > [...] don't work [...]
    
       See "None of this is a useful problem description [...]", above.
    
    > [...] I hit the reset button, [...]
    
       For how long? With what resulting LED activity? Did you read in the
    User Manual how to do that?
    
       Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number(s), and
    look for Documentation. Get the User Manual (at least). Read. Look
    for "Reset".
    
    > [...] hooked up to Ethernet port 2, [...]
    
       You "hooked up" _what_ "to Ethernet port 2"?

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Change from AP Mode to Router Mode