AC1200 R6220 wallmount

[xcskier]

This is one of the least technical questions on this board.  I'd like to mount my 6220 router on the wall.  The bottom face of the router has two -o- type holes, as if intended for two mounting screws to enter the center circle, then latch the router by sliding the screws one way or the other into the slots.  However, each hole has a plastic plate, so that a screw cannot penetrate behind the bottom face, thereby locking the router to the screws.  It looks as if I could gently push one side of the plate, break it loose, get the other end to stick up through the bottom face, and remove it with a needlenose pliers.  But then the insides are exposed to the screws, which may not be a good idea (shorting?).  Any suggestions here?

[DexterJB · Accepted solution]

Hi @xcskier,

There is actually a gap between the router's back and the plate which is enough for a flat screw head to slide in.

Regards,

Dexter

Community Team

[DexterJB]

Hi @xcskier,

You are correct, those holes are intended for wall-mounting the device. If you decide to proceed with it, please make sure that the screws will not make contact with the board inside the router to avoid any issues.

Regards,

Dexter

Community Team

[xcskier]

Dexter: thanks for reply.  If the holes are intended as wall mounts, why are they sealed off so that screw head cannot hook onto the bottom plate?  And therefore, are those little tabs that seal each hole supposed to be removed?   Jim

[DexterJB]

Hi @xcskier,

Can you please provide a picture of the said tabs and the bottom part of your unit? The one that I checked in the lab did not have tabs.

Regards,

Dexter

Community Team

[xcskier]

Dexter: sure, glad to.  Please understand that my insistence on details is because I have learned the hard way to not just accept what someone posts to my questions without knowing either who the responder is, or what the basis is for their response.  As you can see, the "holes" look like mounting screw ports, except that they are closed off by the plates which are flush with the inside face of the bottom.  So the only way to use them as mounting ports is to break out those flush plates, which makes me wonder if they really are (now) intended to be used as mounting ports.

[DexterJB]

Hi @xcskier,

Thank you for providing the photo.

The plates are there as intended and serve as some sort of stopper for the mounting screw so that it will not make contact with the router's internals. That also means that the mounting screw head should not really penetrate deeper than the plates. All you have to do is align the screw head at the center of mounting slot and slide the router up or down, depending on the orientation of your mount, to lock it in place.

Regards,

Dexter

Community Team

[antinode]

> [...] a screw cannot penetrate behind the bottom face, [...]

   Define "a screw".  You may want to use a flat-head (conical bottom)
screw, if whatever you are trying to use won't fit.

[xcskier]

I'm not communicating the situation.  The attached graphic shows two situations.  In 1, the usual situation for hanging something from a wall, there is a hole drilled through the face of the object to be hung.  The screw (black pointy thing) head just fits the diameter of the hole.  After the screw head passes through the face, the head is now inside the object.  The object is then slid one way or the other so the narrow part of the screw fits into the slots and the head is caught behind the face, which is what secures the object to the wall.

    In 2, the situation of my Netgear router, the screw hole is  sealed off by a plate (the black rectangle.  Thus the screw head cannot be inserted behind the bottom face regardless of what shape it is, and the router would not be secure hanging on the wall.

So I guess my question really is: If these holes used to be for hanging the router from the wall, but they are now sealed off, does this mean Netgear does not want me to hang the router from the wall?

[DexterJB · Accepted solution]

Hi @xcskier,

There is actually a gap between the router's back and the plate which is enough for a flat screw head to slide in.

Regards,

Dexter

Community Team

[xcskier]

I'll be darned, you are correct.  No gap at the center where the circular hole is, but there is a slight gap alongside the slots.  Thanks.

[DexterJB]

Hi @xcskier,

You are welcome.

Regards,

Dexter

Community Team