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Login when in Access Point mode
I've set my R7800 into access point mode, as I have a Mikrotik RB4011+ performing DHCP. I can connect to my Nighthawk via the android app, but not via IP over the LAN. The only thing I want to do i...
Your call.
The alternative is, of course, to leave the R7800 to manage its IP address and to tell the Mikrotik router to keeps its hands off.
Just because it used to rule the roost does not mean that it has to do that for ever.
Thanks. I did that. Although it says that method is NOT recommended:
Your call.
The alternative is, of course, to leave the R7800 to manage its IP address and to tell the Mikrotik router to keeps its hands off.
Just because it used to rule the roost does not mean that it has to do that for ever.
Yup. I did it. I just hadn't gone back into that setting, thinking that it would cause me to have to setup the R7800 all over again.
It certainly is not well labelled. It looks like a toggle, when it actually takes you into the settings.
I like a fixed IP address for APs so that I don't have to hunt around for them on the rare times that I want to do things.
I don't chase firmware that assiduously on APs. Most of their features are disabled and I reckon, perhaps mistakenly, that the router will pick up serious security issues.