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R7450 AP Mode Stop Guest access LAN
I am new to AP Mode I have a R7450 router and have placed it into AP mode. I connected the WAN RJ45 to a LAN RJ45 on another Netgear Router (This is the one that is in normal router mode that actua...
It is not clear (to me) that this is possible.
When in AP mode, the R7450 has no role in assigning IP addresses to client devices. That happens on the primary router. Devices connect to the R7450, either to one of the Ethernet ports or via WiFi, and the DHCP request that they broadcast is relayed to the primary router. The primary router goes through its regular process and responds with a DHCP offer, either from the LAN Setup table (IP assignment) or from the DHCP "pool". The primary router has no information about how the device connected.
It might be useful to look in the primary router Attached Devices display and see how devices connected to the AP are reported. Do they show as 'wired' or 'WiFi'?
This is one of the factors that led to the creation of mesh WiFi systems. (such as Google, eero, Asus, Linksys, TP-Link Deco, and Netgear Orbi & Nighthawk mesh) The other factor is that devices connected to an Access Point or WiFi Extender often do not roam seamlessly between that system and the primary WiFi system.