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connecting 2 units together
i have the c7000 combo unit and i just got the linksys ea7500 router. what i would like to do is put my camera system on the linksys unit to try to get it a bit harder for hackers to get to and then ...
its because your running 2 devices in router mode. it causes a double nat.
https://kb.netgear.com/30186/What-is-Double-NAT
try setting up the linksys as an access point.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaUIYpf0S00
thanks i have the ethernet cables connected as that youtube shows now. the only thing i did not do was connect it in that bridge mode. when i was setting it up all those pages did not show up when i was installing it, it kept telling me to press the reset button and wait. so i waited like hours. i had to keep the pc connected via that cable the whole time and i see that was how to do that.
at this time i have it set so i see both routers on my phone. and i can connect to either one out in the back yard at the same strenght on my phone but they are about 4' apart at this time down stairs. also if i connect thru wifi onmy pc i can get into the settings on the linksys router. i expect when i change that to bridge mode i will not be able to get into the linksys settings anymore unless i reset it.
so tell me this if you can if i put it into bridge mode will my stregnth be more because the ls will be higher in the air?
or will it be so all i see is the netgear router?
or will i still see both and have about teh same range no matter what unit i connect to?
so the way it is set now will i gain anything?
thanks.
> [...] i have the ethernet cables connected as that youtube shows now.
> [...]_Which_ "that youtube"? And that is how, exactly? And how does that
compare with what the product documentation says?> [...] the only thing i did not do was connect it in that bridge mode.
> [...]_Which_ "it" is that? What, exactly, does "that bridge mode" mean to
you? "Bridge mode" is a widely misused/misunderstood term. Does
"bridge mode" mean to you what it does to Netgear or what it does to
Linksys?https://www.linksys.com/us/support-article?articleNum=247436
Note "Bridge Mode" versus "Wireless Bridge". Obviously different,
but both "Bridge" modes. Netgear's terminology is less ambiguous.
> [...] if i connect thru wifi onmy pc i can get into the settings on
> the linksys router. [...]_How_, exactly can you do that?
> at this time i have it set so i see both routers on my phone. [...]
"see"? Are you talking about their wireless SSIDs, or what?
> [...] i expect when i change that to bridge mode i will not be able
> to get into the linksys settings anymore unless i reset it.Why not? If you know its (LAN) IP address, then I'd expect
specifying that in a web browser to work.> [...] if i put it into bridge mode will my stregnth be more because
> the ls will be higher in the air?
Huh? "the ls"? Does that mean the EA7500?Tell me this, if you can: How would changing the operating mode of
the EA7500 change its elevation?> so the way it is set now will i gain anything?
You seem to assume that someone who reads this scrambled mess would
have some idea of how "it is set now", whatever "it" is. I sure
wouldn't bet on it.If you have two routers, and both are configured as full-function
routers, then I'd expect problems with access from the outside world to
devices which are connected to the inner router. Which is why you keep
getting suggestions to configure the EA7500 as a WAP (which Linksys
calls "Bridge Mode").Have you looked at the IP addresses of your devices when they're
connected to the C7000 versus when they're connected to the EA7500?
ok plemans i did what this said
try setting up the linksys as an access point.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaUIYpf0S00
and now i do not see the linksys router. that could be normal i do see the linksys in the internet access icon an i can connect to the 2.4 and the 5 ghz bands. but setting next to the router the 2.4 band is way slower for the speed test. so maybe this router is not as fast as the c7000 is. using the wifi connections
linksys 2.4 20 mbps
linksys 5 30 bps
netgear 2.4 23 mbps
netgear 5 230 mbps
so is that now a normal thing to lose the linksys router when i open a tab and enter 192.168.1.1 ? because one of the youtubes said not to use the yellow port but the youtube you sent me to showed using the yellow port also because i do not yet have a place for the linksys router can i turn it off and not lose any settings for the next time i turn it back on? thanks
You'd be best to ask on the linksys forum what its expectations are in bridge mode.
if you watched the video, it literally goes over the fact that you're changing the IP address for the linksys. You'd then use that address to access it.
thanks i did use that address and it failed to access. also i moved the linksys upstairs using a 50' cat5 cable and i lost wifi speed on the 2.4 band and kept the same speeds on the other bands for both the netgear and the linksys 5ghz band, so that was a pointless ventrue. but this was just a test to see how it would work. and like i said before at the least i can put this on the shelf and use it in the future in case of a c7000 failure, that is bound to happen. i have a netgear n600 modem only and hooking this to that should be a pc of cake as ther will be nothing else to setup.
so being i lost the linksys 2.4ghz band speed in that bridge mode i will turn it off and set it onthe shelf. thanks for the help. and if i need to use it as the stand alone router i will just reset it and it should be just fine. so now i know. it was worth figureing it out but i did not gain anything. thanks again bp.
