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I have a Netgear Gateway/Cable Modem/Wireless Router model C7100V. It is in the basement of my home, and thus wireless signal upstairs stinks. I am trying to add a R7000 wireless router upstairs to serve as a wireless access point connected via Power over Ethernet adapters for upstairs. Everything I am reading requires me to connect the R7000 WAN/Internet port to the C7100V. However, when I do that, I cannot get to the web interface for the R7000 to make the changes to it I need. What do I need to do?
> [...] when I do that, I cannot get to the web interface for the R7000 > to make the changes to it I need. What do I need to do?
"cannot get to" it from _where_? If your computer/device is connected to your main router (C7100V), then I'd expect some complications when trying to access the management web site of the R7000, when it's still configured as a router. The R7000-as-router would see that as "Remote Access".
Perhaps the easy way to do this would be to disconnect the R7000 from everything execpt it power supply, and then connect one computer/device (with a web browser) to it (wirelessly or LAN Ethernet port). That way, you should be able to access its management web site. Do a settings reset, if necessary, to ensure that it's in router mode.
Now, "Select AP Mode", and "Apply". When it restarts (in "AP Mode"), connect it to the main router, as the instructions say.
Consult an "Attached Devices" report on the main router, to see what the new LAN IP address of the R7000-as-WAP is. If all went well, then you should be able to access the management web site of the R7000-as-WAP at that address from anyplace on your LAN. (A "routerlogin" name might work from a device which is connected to the R7000-as-WAP, but its LAN IP address should be good anyplace.)
It might improve convenience if you reserve a (memorable) LAN IP address on the main router for the R7000-as-WAP. (Then restart.) Look for "Address Reservation" in the main-router User Manual.
If I plug my R7000 into the existing router, and the other end into the WAN/Internet port, when I try to go to any of the suggested addresses for the web interface, it either cannot reach the address or it takes me to the router interface for my existing router. Same thing happens when I plug the cable into a LAN port on the R7000.
> [...] when I do that, I cannot get to the web interface for the R7000 > to make the changes to it I need. What do I need to do?
"cannot get to" it from _where_? If your computer/device is connected to your main router (C7100V), then I'd expect some complications when trying to access the management web site of the R7000, when it's still configured as a router. The R7000-as-router would see that as "Remote Access".
Perhaps the easy way to do this would be to disconnect the R7000 from everything execpt it power supply, and then connect one computer/device (with a web browser) to it (wirelessly or LAN Ethernet port). That way, you should be able to access its management web site. Do a settings reset, if necessary, to ensure that it's in router mode.
Now, "Select AP Mode", and "Apply". When it restarts (in "AP Mode"), connect it to the main router, as the instructions say.
Consult an "Attached Devices" report on the main router, to see what the new LAN IP address of the R7000-as-WAP is. If all went well, then you should be able to access the management web site of the R7000-as-WAP at that address from anyplace on your LAN. (A "routerlogin" name might work from a device which is connected to the R7000-as-WAP, but its LAN IP address should be good anyplace.)
It might improve convenience if you reserve a (memorable) LAN IP address on the main router for the R7000-as-WAP. (Then restart.) Look for "Address Reservation" in the main-router User Manual.
