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RS700 Mesh Support
I just received my (2) RS700 units and the setup of the first one went flawlessly. Due to the location of my office where my internet connection comes into the house, I need to use a mesh system to c...
I'll just add from my experience that I had issues in setting up the 2nd unit in AP mode via wireless and finally connected via ethernet cable to a laptop and it worked without an issue.
I don't ave the ETA for the Mesh support yet. But in your case where you use an Ethernet cable to connect the two Nighthawk routers, you can set the 2nd Nighthawk router (i.e. the one that is NOT directly connected to your modem) to the AP mode with the same WiFi network name (SSID) for now.
Yes if you have a 2nd RS, you have to set it up to get into the RS web page, then set AP Mode.
I'll just add from my experience that I had issues in setting up the 2nd unit in AP mode via wireless and finally connected via ethernet cable to a laptop and it worked without an issue.
Glad you got it working. Please mark your thread as solved so others will know. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/24231/How-do-I-back-up-the-router-configuration-settings-on-my-Nighthawk-router
Enjoy. 📡
Shunpiker wrote:
I'll just add from my experience that I had issues in setting up the 2nd unit in AP mode via wireless and finally connected via ethernet cable to a laptop and it worked without an issue.
Do you mean if you connected two RS700s (one in router mode and the other in AP mode) through Ethernet then you had problems connecting a WiFi client to any of the RS700s? If you would like to work with us directly to address the issues, please PM me.
Here is the KB article describing how to setup the AP mode. You will see a Bridge mode in the KB, it is a way to connect two routers wirelessly but it is not officially supported on RS700.
https://kb.netgear.com/20927/How-do-I-change-my-NETGEAR-router-to-AP-mode