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R9000 router - Wanting to add a R8000 as a AP
I have a r9000 router that is working fine but I have a dead spot in the back of my house and my detached garage. I have an old r8000 router that was replaced by the r9000. I have gone through a lo...
EDIMAN99 wrote:
...nothing works as the documents state.
Not much to go on there.
The best way to convert a router to AP mode is probably to do it "off line".
Disconnect R8000 from anything. Reset it while turned on.
Remove PC from Internet.
Plug R8000 into PC and connect to 192.168.1.1
Set up R8000 in AP mode.
Disconnect R8000. Turn it off. Connect PC to network. Connect R8000 to R9000. Turn on R8000 and it should set itself up as an AP off the R9000.
This is not the same process as described in the manual for the R8000.