r7000p - not connecting to wifi with c3000z

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mulberryhill wrote:

 

But what is just baffling me is why I can't just "plug and play" the new modem for the other one.

 

 

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Twice now people have explained that you cannot simply put two routers together and expect things to go smoothly. Two routers are rarely amenable to "plug and play".

Did you ever tell us what this "old modem" is? I can't see it.

In general, it is hard to follow the layout that you describe. For example, you said:

Our DSL line comes into one building on our property - however we have run a line into our house and connected that line to the r7000p. The line coming into our house is connected to the WAN/LAN (I believe) port on the old modem.

There are too many "lines" there for me to follow what they are.

I assume that the one into the house is the phone line. But what is this "line into our house" that you have connected to the R7000P? And how do you connect it to the modem?

If this is an Ethernet connection that runs from the modem to the R7000P, then the result depends on what this modem is.

This "WAN/LAN port on the old modem" again depends on what the modem is. If it is just a modem, it won't be a WAN port. It is the port that connects tour modem to the local LAN.

If it is the only port on the modem, then that is probably just a  modem. If it is one of a number of ports, usually four, it is probably a modem router.

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But, since the modem is in another building, we do use the wifi capability of it and I'm reluctant to shut that off.  For example, I can be in the house connected to the NG wifi - but then head out to the shop and connect to the modem wifi when needed.

 

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If your modem is modem/router – it has to be to provide wifi –  the obvious solution is to put the R7000P into wireless access point (AP) mode.

Do not mess around with bridge mode on the modem/router. That will just disable the wifi from the C3000Z. Sounds like you want to use that.

All the other stuff, like "DMZs", is equally messy, not necessary and could make your network unusable.

While your description isn't that clear to me, as I understand it you want to use wifi from both the C3000Z and the R7000P. If so, here's the simple solution:

• use C3000Z to connect to Internet
• set up R7000P as AP
• run cable from C3000Z  to R7000P
• turn off C3000Z and R7000P
• turn on C3000Z
• wait for it to get an Internet connection
• turn on R7000P

To set up the AP thing on the R7000P, visit the support pages:

Support | NETGEAR

Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware.

Check the section in the manual Use the Router as a WiFi Access Point.

When you have got that working you can start to worry about the other things that you have thrown into the mix, like the smtp server.