R7000 as a WAP

Question

I have just gotten this R7000 wifi router to work alongside my Nighthawk C7000v2 as an Access Point. When I try to follow the instructions in this article...

https://kb.netgear.com/24104/How-do-I-change-my-Nighthawk-router-to-AP-mode-after-I-ve-already-run-setup

I keep logging into my Netgear genie for the C7000, I can't get to the genie for the R7000

Is there somthing else I need to do to get to the one I need to???

Thanks

Tim

antinode · Answer

&gt; Is there somthing else I need to do to get to the one I need to???&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Configuring an R7000 WAP will give it a new LAN IP address.&nbsp; Bydefault ("Get dynamically from existing router"), it'll get that newaddress from (the DHCP server in) your main router (C7000).&nbsp; Hence, anan "Attached Devices" report from your main router should tell you whatthe new address of your R7000-as-WAP is.&nbsp; Point your web browser at thatIP address.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It might improve convenience if you reserve a (memorable) LAN IPaddress on the main router for the R7000-as-WAP. (Then restart.)&nbsp; Lookfor "Address Reservation" in the main-router User Manual.

Tmarkreis · Answer

so.... when I run the ethernet wire from the C7000 to the "yellow" connection on the R7000, it does show up on my list of devices, but if I plug that url address into the search bar I get a "failed to open page" message. &nbsp;If I plug the wire into any of the other LAN ports, like the above tutorial shows, it doesn't show up in the attached devices list.

antinode · Answer

&gt; [...] if I plug that url address into the search bar I get a "failed&gt; to open page" message. [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What was the actual URL?&nbsp; Modern browsers tend to favor"https://&lt;whatever&gt;" over "http://&lt;whatever&gt;", but only"http://&lt;whatever&gt;" will work in this situation.&nbsp;&gt; [...] If I plug the wire into any of the other LAN ports, like the&gt; above tutorial shows, it doesn't show up in the attached devices list.&gt; [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I'd expect that.&nbsp; Apparently, the R7000-as-WAP sends its DHCP requestout the WAN/Internet port, not any of the LAN ports.&nbsp; That KB article ispretty vague about the wiring.&nbsp; (A yellow cable and a yellow port aredifferent things.)&nbsp; That's why we read the User Manual.

Tmarkreis · Answer

unfortunately adding http://.... doesn't make any difference, I was just typing 192.168.0.33 into the url window. I even tried using a different browser in case Safari was the issue, just trying anything. &nbsp;As I had said, I did do a reset on it, is there something else or some other trick to try in the reset process??

Tmarkreis · Answer

SOLVED!!!!I had noticed that it was pumping out a wifi signal, soI logged onto the wifi with my ipad then went to routerlogin.net which then got me to the genie page for the R7000 and from there i went through all the steps of changing passwords and wifi names and all that jazz. &nbsp;I then moved it to another floor, plugged in the ethernet cable there adn then logged onto a computer using the wifi. So, I mainly had to be on the network of the login I wanted to get into.&nbsp;When I went into the advanced settings I see that there is a "repeater" mode.... would this be a better option than AP, where it has a different wifi name?? would repeater use the same wifi name as the main router, so I would only have one???

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