r6230 lan to wan installation help

AP mode won't give me a separate wi-fi network..it only extends your current network.  Thanks for the reply. tonyd

> [...] install an r6230 in a lan to wan configuration [...]

   I don't know what that means.  A vague description of what you
believe is a solution is less useful than a clear description of the
actual problem which you would like to solve.

> [...] 2 separate wi-fi systems [...]

   How "separate", exactly, would you like them to be?  Again, what's
the actual problem which you would like to solve?

> [...] There will be one computer connected via a lan port on the r6230
> for lan connectivity for maximum speed and minimum latency. [...]

   Along with some wireless devices?

   By "maximum speed" (et c.), do you mean "better than wireless", or
"better than connected to the main router", or what, exactly?

> Just set the NETGEAR router in AP mode [...]

   Probably.  By "Just", he might mean:

   Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation.  Get the User Manual (at least).  Read.  Look for
"Use the Router as a WiFi Access Point".

   That should put all your devices on one big LAN, so not really
"separate".  No changes are required on the main router to make that
work, but:

   Note that when you configure the R6230 as a wireless access point, it
should, by default, get a new/different LAN IP address from your main
router, using DHCP.  When that happens, you'll need to ask your
main router about the devices which are connected to it to learn the
new/different LAN IP address of the R6230-as-WAP.  Most likely, you'll
want to reserve a particular (memorable) address for the R6230-as-WAP
(on the main router), so that it will always get the same address, and
you won't need to hunt for it every time you want to talk to the thing.

   There's some chance that the usual "routerlogin" names will still
work, if your client device is connected directly to the R6230-as-WAP,
but its new/different LAN IP address should work from anyplace on your
LAN.