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mark8par
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Apr 06, 2017
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D7800 & R7800 AP Mode

I recently purchased a D7800 modem router and decided to add the R7800 to increase wireless around my home.  The problem is that when I set the R7800 in AP mode and login to the router settings, it s...
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  • mark8par's avatar
    mark8par
    Apr 06, 2017

    I think I managed to sort it.

     

    On the R7800 Selected advanced settings - Router/AP/Bridge Mode - AP Mode.  At  this point selected use fixed address, restarted and DHCP was off. 

    On the D7800 (main modem router) in lan setup - reserved the ip address for the R7800

     

    Lety see how it goes.

     

    Thanks for your help :)

     

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mark8par
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Apr 06, 2017
If I connect lan to lan the internet connection light will not come on, on the r7800
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FURRYe38
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Apr 06, 2017

It's not supposed to. The Internet LED is for the WAN port. In this configuration, the WAN port is not used. LAN settings are not needed since DHCP services will be coming from your D7800. This is ok.