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Cannot switch R7000 back to ROuter Mode

kcassanova
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Cannot switch R7000 back to ROuter Mode

Hello,

I accidently switched my R7000 router to Bridged mode (or maybe AP mode not sure now) and now I cannot access the GUI in order to switch it back to Router mode. My PC is not longer getting an IP address so I have enter a static IP of 192.168.1.10 with subnet of 255.255.255.0 and no matter what address I type in the browser 192.168.1.1, 1.0, 1.100, 1.1:8080...the routers login page cannot be reached. I'd rather not do a reset on the router as its configured for WIFI and IP forwarding which I'd rather not have to redo. 

 

Is there anyway to get the router back to router mode without reset.

 

Thank you

Kerry

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antinode
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Re: Cannot switch R7000 back to ROuter Mode

> I accidently switched my R7000 router to Bridged mode (or maybe AP
> mode not sure now) [...]

   The actual action(s) might be significant.

> [...] I'd rather not do a reset on the router as its configured for
> WIFI and IP forwarding which I'd rather not have to redo.

   You may need to.  If the R7000 was/is your only router (DHCP server),
and you've crippled its own DHCP server by putting it into some exotic
mode, then it may not actually have a LAN IP address where you can reach
its web site (because your LAN now has no working DHCP server to provide
one to it).

   I'd guess that the time you'd spend trying to throw another router
(which has a working DHCP server) into this mess would be greater than
the time needed to reconfigure the R7000 after a settings reset.

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