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R6900P As An Access Point; Can't Get It Configured or Even Recognized!
A basic but far flung SOHO network across 2 buildings and large outdoor area. Nighthawk X6S R7960P Primary Router; 1-R6900P (Ethernet-As A Wireless Access Point; SSID Same As Primary); 3-WAC104 (Eth...
Thank you for your response and your interest in helping. I don't think I can -or maybe just don't know how- to change #2's-R6900P name when I can't get it connected at all. I reset #2-R6900P before every attempt, just for clarity (in my mistakes!)
All the other APs have unique names but the Primary and #1-R6900P use same SSID.
Right out of the UM, I patch cable from #2-R6900P YELLOW port to any LAN port other than Yellow on Primary and launch ROUTERLOGIN.NET and (while it's very slow) I am ultimately connected to Primary. Darn.
I went in and attempted to see the IP for #2-R6900P; I thought I found it but couldn't even PING it. I honestly think I'm missing something really simple but just don't see it. FYI, I have other (backup) routers I could use and tried 2 of them with the same result. (I'll try those again today; maybe -just maybe- #2-R6900P is not working properly.
I really appreciate your taking time to assist me (and others.)
As an aside, my best friend was my in-house computer guru and over the years there were only a few things we couldn't figure out and implement together. He died last year. I'd pay someone in the Greater Springfield, MA - Hartford, CT area if I could find someone knowledgeable; I tried a regional consulting/sales group and they were most interested in solving problems by selling upgraded hardware vs solving problems. I can certainly live without #2-R6900P but it would allow me infinitely better outdoor access. Between the metallic oxide in my windows and metallic screens, signals outside were greatly deteriorated. I didn't realize until I tried moving an AP outside the window it had been behind as a test. Thank you again.
FBFeins wrote:Thank you for your response and your interest in helping. I don't think I can -or maybe just don't know how- to change #2's-R6900P name when I can't get it connected at all. I reset #2-R6900P before every attempt, just for clarity (in my mistakes!)
All the other APs have unique names but the Primary and #1-R6900P use same SSID.
Right out of the UM, I patch cable from #2-R6900P YELLOW port to any LAN port other than Yellow on Primary and launch ROUTERLOGIN.NET and (while it's very slow) I am ultimately connected to Primary. Darn.
I went in and attempted to see the IP for #2-R6900P; I thought I found it but couldn't even PING it. I honestly think I'm missing something really simple but just don't see it. FYI, I have other (backup) routers I could use and tried 2 of them with the same result. (I'll try those again today; maybe -just maybe- #2-R6900P is not working properly.
I really appreciate your taking time to assist me (and others.)
As an aside, my best friend was my in-house computer guru and over the years there were only a few things we couldn't figure out and implement together. He died last year. I'd pay someone in the Greater Springfield, MA - Hartford, CT area if I could find someone knowledgeable; I tried a regional consulting/sales group and they were most interested in solving problems by selling upgraded hardware vs solving problems. I can certainly live without #2-R6900P but it would allow me infinitely better outdoor access. Between the metallic oxide in my windows and metallic screens, signals outside were greatly deteriorated. I didn't realize until I tried moving an AP outside the window it had been behind as a test. Thank you again.
Disconnect the #2 R6900P from everything except the power cord. Perform the firmware default (factory) reset and let it boot back up. From there you can access the user interface through the default Wi-Fi SSID or through an Ethernet connection. In one of the setting screens you can see the default name of R6900P. I do not know specifically which screen and I do not have one to use to provide you that much detail. Be patient and look, you will know when you find it. Save the changes and start fresh with the access point configuration.
Having the same SSID and password for two somewhat nearby access points is not an issue. Make sure they are not transmitting on the same Wi-Fi channels for either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz. When you rename the device, use R6900P-2, don't use the # sign or spaces. When you connect it back to your network, the WAN input connection on R6900P-2 should connect to any of the LAN ports on your network.
I am on the West coast.
Thank you; I'll try it later and get back to you (either with more thanks and kudos or my disappointment.) F
Some things just shouldn't be so hard, like configuring computers and components. Failure, 2 more times. I just don't get it. I've followed your instructions and the UM and just can't get it. I pulled power on the existing (and working) R6900P which is in another building. (I'm tempted to just pull Ethernet service from that building temporarily.) Most recently I tried an X4S R7800 (which previously worked; after reset with no attachments except power) and routerlogin.net asked User & Password with no indication if I was accessing primary router or R7800 or primary router. Failure. Access and throughput is adequate with the system that works, I'm really just trying to increase outdoor access. Reluctantly I think I have to accept defeat; I have no idea what the problem is. I'm tempted to take the entire network down, only leaving broadband into Yellow and trying just the primary router and a unit destined to be an access point attached to it. I will have to wait until there is no one else needing service. THANK YOU for your assistance and sticking with me. (I've got 50+ years of rescue training and experience; I stop at all accidents and broken down cars. That's how I pay others' help forward.) Thanks again. J
Maybe work at this a little more. Were you able to log in to and change the name of the second R6900P to R6900P-2? Were you able to get it into Access Point mode?
Routerlogin.net is not all it is cracked up to be. When you want to log in to the user interface of a specific device, first identify the IP address of the device and use that in the browser interface. Similar to http://aa:bb:cc:dd and make sure you do not use https://. What browser are you using?
Thank you. Maybe I misunderstood; I removed R6900P-1 as in pulled it's power.
I cannot access (what would be) R6900P; routerlogin -yes it is certainly chunky- doesn't get me logged in to the R6900P (or any of the other routers I've tried.) I cannot get an IP address; with it powered and Ethernet attached to Primary Router I tried to figure out if it had an IP address and I tried a couple likely suspects but no.
I use Firefox Private Browsing. I also tried Chrome.
In the back of my old mind I think I remember that you could plug a router directly into a PC and configure it with a 'direct connection.' Is that a possibility? I could be dreaming. THANK YOU for your persistence.
It's like 1984 all over again; I got the first PC-XT in my area and I think Connecticut. Within a few weeks the store manager called and said he had just received the first PC-AT and I could upgrade if I wanted to. I did! That's when I met the man who would become my best friend, a mainframe programmer who just couldn't get enough of PCs (and I had the only 1 around!) We had a lot of fun over the years; I just didn't learn enough. But, back to current problems.