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Netgear Router is switch mode becomes unconfigurable
I bought a RAX20 AX1800 router from netgear. While it works great as a standalone router my setup requires it to act as a switch and handle all of the wireless connections. I do this by disabling D...
> [...] my setup requires it to act as a switch [...]
What Netgear (and many others) might call a Wireless Access Point?
> [...] my firewall [...]
Not a very detailed description of that device.
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual (at least). Read. Look for
"Set up the router as a WiFi access point".> [...] is unable to be reached at it's IP. [...]
"unable" is not a useful problem description. It does not say what
you did. It does not say what happened when you did it. As usual,
showing actual actions (commands) with their actual results (error
messages, LED indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vague
descriptions or interpretations.What, exactly, do you think that its IP address is?
> [...] my setup requires it to act as a switch [...]
What Netgear (and many others) might call a Wireless Access Point?
> [...] my firewall [...]
Not a very detailed description of that device.
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual (at least). Read. Look for
"Set up the router as a WiFi access point".
> [...] is unable to be reached at it's IP. [...]
"unable" is not a useful problem description. It does not say what
you did. It does not say what happened when you did it. As usual,
showing actual actions (commands) with their actual results (error
messages, LED indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vague
descriptions or interpretations.
What, exactly, do you think that its IP address is?
Looks like you were correct on the WAP setup. That's what i was missing for it to get a dhcp address from my firewall and stop fighting about what network to exist on. Thanks for the assistance