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Pirates1
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Oct 29, 2020
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Nighthawk AC3200 Set Up

Hi - I have set this router up behind my router/modem supplied by ATT.  I let the router configure the settings automatically upon initial set up.  The router is still acting as a DHCP server (I have...
  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Oct 29, 2020

    Pirates1 wrote:

    Thanks - great advice.  A couple of follow up questions:

     

    1) Does using AP mode improve the performance over the current configuration (e.g. I am losing performance with it router mode with the DHCP enabled)?----in some instances it does. If there's dhcp conflicts, it can help. 

     

    2) Option 3, can you explain the DMZ and what that does?----netgear has an article on this: https://kb.netgear.com/25891/DMZ-on-NETGEAR-routers

     

    so I won't go over it again. many isp's router/modems have some form of this.