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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.