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I cannot get a NAT Type 2 on my router. I have set a Static IP, I think, by doing an Address Reservation. I reserved xxx.xxx.xx.15, which is the PS4 IP address. I then opened the ports specified by Sony on my modem and the router. Does not open the NAT, still type 3. Is there something else I need to do? I have seen articles that state to go to DHCP settings and see what IP addresses are listed and select one not listed that is in the range of 2 to 254 and use one of those. The router lists 2 to 254, so there are none outside that range. Is there something else I should be doing. UPnP is on for both the modem and the router. Thanks.
> [...] The ATT modem/router lists the make/model as Z700A. [...]
Ok. If you're using its telephone features, then you probably want to leave it as-is, and configure the R6400 as a WAP.
> Before I do the WAP set up, the PS4 is connected to the router by an > ethernet cable, if that makes a difference.
Shouldn't matter. It's normally called a "wireless access point", but it acts like a network switch with wireless capability. Devices which are connected to the (LAN) Ethernet ports on the R6400-as-WAP should be part of the (newly extended) LAN, just like any wireless client devices which might connect to it.
When you Enable AP Mode on the R6400, it should ask you how it should get its new LAN IP address. You need to know its LAN IP address if you ever want to talk to its web site again (without having to search for it).
My usual advice is to shrink the DHCP pool on the main router (if necessary), and assign a static, non-pool IP address to the access point ("Use fixed IP Address (not recommended)."), so that it's easy to find the WAP. For example, DHCP pool: ".2" - ".199", WAP IP address: ".200" or ".250". (Something memorable, outside the pool.)
My quick Web search for Z700A found a User Guide which showed a DHCP pool of ".10" - ".99", which should be ok as-is. (Netgear routers tend to default to ".2" - ".254", which leaves nothing free.)
The alternative, "Get [its LAN IP address] dynamically from existing router.", would work as well, if there were a way to reserve an address for the R6400-as-WAP on the main router. I didn't see a way to do that in the Z700A User Guide.
> [...] I have set a Static IP, I think, by doing an Address > Reservation. [...]
That would be a reserved address, not a static address, but the effect is about the same.
> [...] I then opened the ports specified by Sony on my modem and the > router. [...]
If you "opened the ports [...] on my modem [...]", and it has some kind of wireless stuff ("ATT wireless modem"), then your "my modem" must be a modem+router, not simply a modem. Cascading multiple routers can cause multiple problems, such as "double NAT".
The two usual options would be: 1. Configure your (unspecified) "my modem" as a modem-only, and use the R6400 as a full-function router, or: 2. Configure the R6400 as a wireless access point.
Without an actual maker and model number, I don't know what you can do how with your (unspecified) "my modem".
For the R6400 as WAP, visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Look for "Use the Router as a Wireless Access Point".
The router is the R6400 not the R6400V2. The ATT modem/router lists the make/model as Z700A. The make is apparently ZTE which I got by searching on the model number, it is not shown on the modem/router or in the "about" tab on the ATT Homebase. Before I do the WAP set up, the PS4 is connected to the router by an ethernet cable, if that makes a difference.
> [...] The ATT modem/router lists the make/model as Z700A. [...]
Ok. If you're using its telephone features, then you probably want to leave it as-is, and configure the R6400 as a WAP.
> Before I do the WAP set up, the PS4 is connected to the router by an > ethernet cable, if that makes a difference.
Shouldn't matter. It's normally called a "wireless access point", but it acts like a network switch with wireless capability. Devices which are connected to the (LAN) Ethernet ports on the R6400-as-WAP should be part of the (newly extended) LAN, just like any wireless client devices which might connect to it.
When you Enable AP Mode on the R6400, it should ask you how it should get its new LAN IP address. You need to know its LAN IP address if you ever want to talk to its web site again (without having to search for it).
My usual advice is to shrink the DHCP pool on the main router (if necessary), and assign a static, non-pool IP address to the access point ("Use fixed IP Address (not recommended)."), so that it's easy to find the WAP. For example, DHCP pool: ".2" - ".199", WAP IP address: ".200" or ".250". (Something memorable, outside the pool.)
My quick Web search for Z700A found a User Guide which showed a DHCP pool of ".10" - ".99", which should be ok as-is. (Netgear routers tend to default to ".2" - ".254", which leaves nothing free.)
The alternative, "Get [its LAN IP address] dynamically from existing router.", would work as well, if there were a way to reserve an address for the R6400-as-WAP on the main router. I didn't see a way to do that in the Z700A User Guide.
