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Setting IP address in AP mode
I would like to set a static IP address in my R9000. It is set to AP mode and the Internet option is grayed out. Is it possible to set a static address in AP mode?
Thank you everyone for your help suggestions. I ended up letting the HP 4650 printer select it's own "static" IP address which was at the upper end of the DHCP pool. I should not have a problem with that. If it does get assign to some other device, I'll have a new mystery to solve. My original problem of printer showing up as offline is resolved.
Correction. I would like to find out if there is any IP addresses that are not allocated to the DHCP server and if it's possible to reserve an address to manually assign to a device. Perhaps I am incorrect in assuming that the router is assigning the IP addresses. The router is connected to our vendors DSL modem and I have no way to change any internal settings.
sfossum wrote:
The router is connected to our vendors DSL modem and I have no way to change any internal settings.
And that modem is? Make and model?
The modem is a Comtrend NexusLink 3112u from our local provider Nuvera in Prior Lake, Minnesota.
According to the documentation I can find, that is a modem/router.
So, a two router network?
Two routers on your network can cause headaches. For example, you can end up with local address problems. Among other things, the other router can misdirect addresses that the Netgear router usually handles, such as routerlogin.net or the usual IP address for a router, 192.168.1.1.
This explains some of the other drawbacks.
What is Double NAT? | Answer | NETGEAR SupportThat could well get in the way of your printer and where you set the static IP address.
If the R9000 is in AP mode, then that has its own rats' best of issues.
Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR Support
> [...] I ended up letting the HP 4650 printer select it's own "static"
> IP address which was at the upper end of the DHCP pool. [...]I don't know what that means. Either the printer gets a dynamic
address using DHCP, or else the fellow who manages/configures the
printer selects a static address for it. I'm unaware of any third
option, especially one where the printer would "select" anything on its
own.> [...] If it does get assign to some other device, I'll have a new
> mystery to solve. [...]If you do reasonable things, then no new (addressing) problems should
ever arise. If you made clear what you actually did, then the
non-psychics in your audience might be able to discern whether there's
any risk.
> So, a two router network?Which part of "[...] my R9000. It is set to AP mode [...]" did you
find confusing?> If the R9000 is in AP mode, then that has its own rats' best of
> issues.About which of those "issues" did anyone complain here?
You don't like two routers. You don't like one router and a WAP.
What, exactly, _would_ you recommend?