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R7000 AC1900 Layer 2 only?
hi. I have a R7000 AC1900 Nighthawk wireless router that I would like to use as just a Layer 2 switch, no wireless, no routing, just Layer 2 to downstream devices connecting them upstream to my ISP g...
Well give router mode a try, disable DCHP and wifi on the router and connect it using one of it's LAN ports.
I would try setting to AP mode. I have one up & running in AP mode already.
but it seems that when I apply the change to AP mode & the router reboots, I lose management of it.
but then again, maybe I'm doing that wrong too... wouldn't be the first time.
TIA.
Be sure your using the new IP address of the unit to access it's web page after you make the change.
I will recheck. pretty sure I checked that before. I'm pretty sure I just applied the AP mode change to #2 last night, and when it broke my session, I just put it away for the night.
but worth a recheck. thx.
just now reviewed & retried this. I can see from the ISP router that it has IP 192.168.1.169. it does not reply to ping from my laptop at 192.168.1.112/24, nor does the web UI respond from my laptop to that address via either HTTP or HTTPS using Chrome.
I'm open to more suggestions... I could reset it & rebuild it - would only lose the time invested.
thanks in advance.
What is the default IP address pool on the host router?
Did you connect the R7000 using one of this LAN ports to the host router and not the WAN port?