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Re: Netgear DGND3000 router, can it be used as Access Point ?

Lps61
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Netgear DGND3000 router, can it be used as Access Point ?

 
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antinode
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Re: Netgear DGND3000 router, can it be used as Access Point ?

> Netgear DGND3000 router, can it be used as Access Point ?

 

   If it's a wireless router, then it probably can.  What's its _actual_
model number?  Look at the product label.

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Lps61
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Re: Netgear DGND3000 router, can it be used as Access Point ?

It is  a Netgear N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ADSL+2 Modem Router DGND3700. It was used before we got the NBN (Au). In order to get the best of the new service I had Ethernet cable run to three locations in the house. A Netgear Gigabit Ethernet Switch (GS105Au) distributes the data to each location.The computer gear consists of Win10 Pc, Android and Aple mobiles

Then I discovered 😞  that one wired point did not supply all the needs there. So I am seeing if I can utilise the previous hardware, to act as a Switch for fixed devices and a WiFi source for  mobile devices.

Thanks for any assistance with this.

Cheers Lps61

Message 3 of 10
w3wilkes
Prodigy

Re: Netgear DGND3000 router, can it be used as Access Point ?

The DGND3700 does not have a setting for AP mode. It cn be used as a wifi extender, but from what I've read you are restricted to no more than WEP security in this mode.

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antinode
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Re: Netgear DGND3000 router, can it be used as Access Point ?

> [...] DGND3700 [...]

 

   That exists.  So does a DGND3700v2, and, according to their User
Manuals, their abilities to act as a wireless access point differ.

 

   For a DGND3700v2, visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your
(actual) model number, and look for Documentation.  Get the User Manual.
Read.  Look for "Advanced Wireless Settings" and "AP Mode".

 

   For a DGND3700[v1], if we can believe its User Manual, then it lacks
a simple WAP mode option.  In such a case, there's more primitive
scheme.  See, for example:

 

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

 

That's written for a C6300-as-WAP, but the steps are about the same for
any other router (any make/model) which lacks a one-step WAP option.


   Note that that scheme leaves the WAN/Internet port on the
router-as-WAP unconnected.  (A WAP is all-LAN.  A model with the
one-step WAP option effectively reconfigures its WAN/Internet port as
another LAN port.  Without the one-step WAP option, you need to use only
the LAN ports.)

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Lps61
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Re: Netgear DGND3000 router, can it be used as Access Point ?

Can not find reference to a V version can supply a serial Number.

 

Model: A6100|WiFi USB Mini Adapter
Message 6 of 10
w3wilkes
Prodigy

Re: Netgear DGND3000 router, can it be used as Access Point ?

My guess is that if there's no V designation it's a V1. You can try what @antinode suggests to manually put the v1 in AP mode. I will say that I've tried a couple of times and have always run into some nogo situation, sticks in my mind that it was either something about DNS and or gateway that wouldn't work. But, it's been a couple of years and I've implemented another router that supports AP mode. Give it a go if you think you can, if you do suceed let us know how you did it.

Message 7 of 10
antinode
Guru

Re: Netgear DGND3000 router, can it be used as Access Point ?

> Can not find reference to a V version [...]

 

   "v1" is implicit if there's no explicit suffix.

 


> [...] it was either something about DNS and or gateway that wouldn't
> work. [...]

 

   A wireless access point should be entirely disinterested in both DNS
and routing.

 

> [...] if you do suceed let us know how you did it.

 

   Notification of success would be nice, but a useful report of failure
might be more valuable.

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Lps61
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Re: Netgear DGND3000 router, can it be used as Access Point ?

I forgot to mention in the previous description of the DGN3700. It also has a Ethernet-WAN port.

At present continuing with the project to see if it is possible to use as a Ethernet SWITCH and WiFi outlet.

Thanks for the help and sugestions so far.

Model: DGND3700v1|N600 WIRELESS DUAL BAND GIGABIT ADSL2+ MODEM ROUTER
Message 9 of 10
antinode
Guru

Re: Netgear DGND3000 router, can it be used as Access Point ?

> I forgot to mention in the previous description of the DGN3700. It
> also has a Ethernet-WAN port.

 

   I believe that the User Manual made that clear (once the actual model
number was established).  But, as mentioned above, you won't be able to
use that port if you configure the DGND3700[v1] as a WAP.

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