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Router slowing down browsing
I've got a Netgear R8000 router with the latest firmware (installed .80 last night). The problem I'm asking for help with existed prior to the firmware update. Configuration: I've got a Nokia 5...
> [...] put the second router into AP mode [...]
What happened to that suggestion? Did I miss something?
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual (at least). Read. Look for
"Use the Router as a Wireless Access Point".
No changes to the router are required for that. (But a DHCP address
reservation on the main/only router for the R8000-as-WAP might be
helpful.)
Thanks. When I log in to the router settings and start to place it in AP mode, I get a pop up that says something about needing to get an IP address from the primary modem. I don't know what the hell that means (I only can locate one IP address inside the modem's settings, and it's the one used to log in to it, not the router). So, rather than create even more problems for myself (since I don't know what the hell I'm doing!), I didn't proceed with it. I appreciate the suggestion though!! Thank you!
I should add that, after seeing this, I just tried it again. Got the same results. EXCEPT, this time, it completed the transaction! And now, when I try to log in with the previous IP address, it no longer allows access. I've gone in to my WiFi settings on my Mac and it appears to be using a different IP address. But when I type that address in, it too does nothing (no prompt for a log in or anything else).
Once I figure out how to get it back, given that I'm not clear what I'm doing, for me, I think I should stay away from AP mode (that's no reflection on you, and everything on me! I just don't know what I'm doing. And yes, I did read the manual and used it, step-by-step to get as far as I did (except I never pressed "accept", and it started the process anyway).
Thanks for trying! Much appreciated!
> I get a pop up that says something about needing to get an IP address
> from the primary modem. I don't know what the hell that means [...]I might know what it means, if I could see what it says. "something
about" is a poor substitute for copy+paste.If you connect a computer/device to your "5G21-12W-A modem[+router],
I presume that that device gets an IP address. The same sould be true
for an R8000-as-WAP.> [...] (I only can locate one IP address inside the modem's settings,
> and it's the one used to log in to it, not the router). [...]Did you notice that your "the modem" is actually a modem+router?
When you talk to it, can you find a list of connected devices, or
anything about DHCP?> [...] So, rather than create even more problems for myself (since I
> don't know what the hell I'm doing!), I didn't proceed with it. [...]
I'd run the experiment. Worst case, do a settings reset on the
R8000, and get back to where you started.
> I should add that, after seeing this, I just tried it again. Got the
> same results. EXCEPT, this time, it completed the transaction! [...]I don't know what "it" and "completed the transaction" mean to you.
As usual, showing actual actions (commands) with their actual results
(error messages, LED indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vague
descriptions or interpretations.> [...] And now, when I try to log in with the previous IP address, it
> no longer allows access."log in[to]" _what_? Should I remember what "the previous IP
address" was?> [...] I've gone in to my WiFi settings on my Mac and it appears to be
> using a different IP address. [...]
With my weak psychic powers, I can't guess what "a different IP
address" actually is. Or from what it's "different".> [...] But when I type that address in, [...]
To a web browser, or what?
> [...] it too does nothing (no prompt for a log in or anything else).
If you put the address of your Mac into a web browser, then you might
expect no one there to be listening. (Unless you're running a web
server there.)> [...] I think I should stay away from AP mode [...]
I think that you're wrong.
> [...] I just don't know what I'm doing. [...]
That's not the big problem. The big problem is that _I_ don't know
what you're doing. Transcribe more, interpret less. Copy+paste is your
friend.The less you know, the more important accurate, detailed, precise
descriptions become. What you see, what you did, and what happened when
you did it, are what matter. Non-descriptions like "a different IP
address" often convey little or no useful information. (In this case,
"no".)