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connnecting 2 netgear routers together
So i have my main router, a R7900P, i just bought an AX1800 router. I have run a cat5 from the main wireless router to my office outside the house (well within the distance cable of doing so) when i ...
- I got it fixed. Basically 1 wireless route connected to another via ethernet. Both routers just set up right out the box normally, each a stand alone independent wifi's. So I am thinking it was a firmware issue on the older 7900
I took both rax10's and set each up in the sake fashion updating the firmware and everything came right back up
So I did that once and then it wouldn't list the router as an available wifi connection
So just switched the rax10 to be an access point. The router shows the orange light for no Internet. The router wifi names show up but will act like they are connecting bit will try for a bit and jump back off
- AP mode is done with an ethernet cable, not wireless.
- They are connected via ethernet cable. It's not pulling an IP address from the main router for some reason
codymeche1972 wrote:
They are connected via ethernet cable. It's not pulling an IP address from the main router for some reasonThe point that microchip8 was making was that it is usually best to use wired connection from a PC to the RAX to make the conversion to AP mode.
Is that what you did?
And when you have done that, restart the network in the designated order.
Be sure to restart your network in this sequence:- Turn off and unplug modem.
- Turn off router and computers.
- Plug in and turn on modem. Wait 2 minutes for it to connect.
- Turn on the router and wait 2 minutes for it to connect.
- Turn on computers and rest of network.
What modem/gateway/ONT sits between the first router and the Internet?
