LAN to LAN Nighthawk X4S AC2600 Smart WiFi Router Model RC8700

A better, and simpler (only six minutes long !) video--and the one I used to configure the first LAN TO LAN configuration is https://www.linksys.com/ca/support-article/?articleNum=155108

I assume hooking up the Netgear to the same host router should involve the same process. But I can't configure the Netgear router.

I hope this helps.

Thanks

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_JR wrote:

Do you have the R7800 in router or AP mode?

Don't know.

1) Trying to follow instructions on page 21 of Netgear's user manual I haven't been able to log in to the modem to select Help Me Choose  to determine which mode I'm in.

 

What is the brand and model of the other router your connecting the R7800 too? "Mikrotik hAP AC-Lite wifi access point "

This is not a router, its a wifi access point only. You sure this is the host router upstream or are you using something different? You mention a Linksys? What model is the Linksys? 

 

ISP modem> Main host router(What brand and model is seen here?)> NG R7800 

 

Whats the other routers IP address pool string set for? Should be something different that 192.168.1.1...

I would want to set my Netgear to 192.168.1.4 because I assume the isp router Mikrotik is set to 192.168.1.1. and I know my linksys (LAN TO L;AN router is set to 192.168.1.2  (The linksys router is in another building and is hardwired to Midrotic in a LAN TO LAN that works). The reason I am trying to set up this Netgear router as a LAN TO LAN within my house is because I have moved my wife's computer (from next to my computer, next to the Midrotik) upstairs and the signal isn't able to penetrate the floor (!!).

 

In order to (successfully) set up the inksys I followed the directions on How to Cascade Routers: 14 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow  which is unbelievably simplistic.

 

If you have the R7800 in router mode, you should connect its WAN port to the upstream host routers LAN port. I believe this goes for AP mode as well.

 

I assume by upstream do you mean the routers connected to the Mikrotik (Netgear and Linksys) or the Mikrotik? (If you mean the Mikrotix then it would be logically impossible to connect both the Netgear and Linksys to the same (WAN) port. On the other hand, if you mean the Netgear router, there's no diagram in the manual indicating which port is the WAN port nor any diagram indicating .

 

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