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Jojonono
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Feb 01, 2022

R7000 can’t establish and internet connection from fiberbox

Hi guys Been using R7000 for years no problem Recently I moved to turkey and took my router with me They got fiver setup over here where a small fibre modem connects to the fiber line and the usual...
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jojonono2
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Feb 02, 2022

so for opt. 3 setting the NG as an AP, will i face any issues down the road ? VPN, gaming, firewall, port forwarding etc.. ? will i be able to do all setting on the AP side without bothering with the main router ?

 

and finally assuming all clients connect to the AP will everything be routed throough it and no penalty on the transfer speeds ?

 

thanks,

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Feb 03, 2022
jojonono2 wrote:

so for opt. 3 setting the NG as an AP, will i face any issues down the road ? No.

VPN, gaming, firewall, port forwarding etc.. ? will i be able to do all setting on the AP side without bothering with the main router ?

These would all be handled by the host router while the NG router is in AP mode.

 

and finally assuming all clients connect to the AP will everything be routed throough it and no penalty on the transfer speeds ? Correct and thru the main host router.