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R7000 as a secondary router
My ISP supplied me with a new Access Point that has a built in router/wireless access point. This newer router is a little bit faster, but not as fully featured, does not have a things like USB supp...
Do you actually put the R7000 into AP mode?
https://kb.netgear.com/20927/How-do-I-change-my-NETGEAR-router-to-AP-mode
https://kb.netgear.com/26765/Disabled-Features-on-the-Router-when-set-to-AP-Mode
Do you actually put the R7000 into AP mode?
https://kb.netgear.com/20927/How-do-I-change-my-NETGEAR-router-to-AP-mode
https://kb.netgear.com/26765/Disabled-Features-on-the-Router-when-set-to-AP-Mode
Yup AP Mode is the answer. After maximum futzing that's working on at least one device. I didn't think of that since AP mode seems (to me) to imply wireless.
pneumoman wrote:
I didn't think of that since AP mode seems (to me) to imply wireless.
Yes. The label is misleading.
It really means "wired".
But hopeless descriptions are par for the course. Truly wireless – connecting a router and another router over wifi – is "bridge mode". But there are other "bridge modes" that are completely different. Nuts.
