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bluepuz's avatar
bluepuz
Follower
Jan 30, 2021

using an old cable modem router as wifi router only

HI everyone...

Just curious

 

I just upgraded fro a 500mbps internet to a 1GBps.

 

I have an old netgear c7000v2 cable modem router  (docsis 3.0) that i am not using

and i just bought a netgear cm1100 docsis 3.1 modem only...

 

any way that i can use my old netgear to use as a wifi router only... while i save up to buy a netgear wifi 6 mesh system?

 

a step-by-step procedure would be nice as i am not very technically knowledgable when it  comes to networking.

any help i would gladly appreciate.

 

THanks in advance!

1 Reply

  • antinode's avatar
    antinode
    Guru
    Jan 30, 2021

    > any way that i can use my old netgear to use as a wifi router only...
    > [...]

     

       I know of none, unless you can find a way to create an Ethernet
    WAN/Internet port on the C7000v2.

     

       It should be possible to configure a C7000v2 (or any other Cxxxx
    model) as a wireless access point, but that's not a router.  For
    useless-to-you details, see, for example:

     

          https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1463500

     

    That's written for a Netgear C6300-as-WAP, but the steps are about the
    same for any other router (any make/model) which lacks a one-step WAP
    option.  But that's not much use without a router.