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R7000 as a WAP
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-c...
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. 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.
> [...] if I plug that url address into the search bar I get a "failed
> to open page" message. [...]
What was the actual URL? Modern browsers tend to favor
"https://<whatever>" over "http://<whatever>", but only
"http://<whatever>" will work in this situation.
> [...] 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.
> [...]
I'd expect that. Apparently, the R7000-as-WAP sends its DHCP request
out the WAN/Internet port, not any of the LAN ports. That KB article is
pretty vague about the wiring. (A yellow cable and a yellow port are
different things.) That's why we read the User Manual.
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.
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??
SOLVED!!!!
I had noticed that it was pumping out a wifi signal, so
I 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. 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.
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???
> When I went into the advanced settings I see that there is a "repeater"
> mode.... [...]Look for "repeater" in the User Manual. Read the fine print:
Note: You cannot use the WPA2-PSK(AES), WPA-PSK(TKIP) +
WPA-PSK(AED) [sic], or WPA/WPA2 Enterprise security modes if you
want to enable this mode. [...]If you want a wireless connection between the main router and the
R7000, and you don't care about wireless security, then that repeater
mode might be useful.