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Pirates1
Oct 29, 2020Aspirant
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...
- 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.
Pirates1
Oct 29, 2020Aspirant
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)?
2) Option 3, can you explain the DMZ and what that does?
plemans
Oct 29, 2020Guru - Experienced User
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.