Acessing R6050 router as AP

[required_alias]

I'm not sure this is a Netgear router, but I don't know where to post this.

I have an Asus AX3000 as my router and a Netgear R6050 set as an AP.

I want to access my 6050 and change SSID names.

I know I can access my NAS and a TP-Link AP by typing in the IP address in my browser.  I can't access the 6050 by typing in the AP. Is it possible to access my 6050 through the Asus or do I have to turn off the Asus, hook the 6050 to my PC and access it directly?

[michaelkenward]

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@required_alias wrote:

I'm not sure this is a Netgear router, but I don't know where to post this.

I have an Asus AX3000 as my router and a Netgear R6050 set as an AP.

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Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR Support

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I want to access my 6050 and change SSID names.

When you turn a router into an access point (AP), you lose the option to access it through the graphical user interface (GUI) and routerlogin.net in a web browser.

That's because the other router handles the network traffic and gives the AP its own IP address on the local network. This means that the browser GUI now has no idea where to find the AP.

You need to track down the IP address that the router has given the AP.

One way to do that is to look at the list of attached devices in the GUI for main router. That should list the IP address of things on the network.

Look for the AP in that list and put its IP address into a browser. That should get you into the GUI for the AP.

I avoid that hunt by fixing the IP address of the AP when I put it into AP mode. (Netgear says that this not recommended but does not explain why.) Then I can always get in with that IP address.

There are other options, such as giving the AP an  "Address Reservation" in the main router.

[required_alias]

Yeah, I've given it a static.  I type the IP and get "Forbidden."  No idea what that means.

[michaelkenward]

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@required_alias wrote:

Yeah, I've given it a static. 

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What does that mean?

Netgear doesn't use the "static" word for IP addresses like that.

You either use a "fixed" IP address when you setup the AP:

Or you go to  LAN Setup in the router's settings and set an Address Reservation:

[required_alias]

I admit I don't know the lingo, so, yeah, I gave the 6050 a fixed address.  In either case, typing the fixed address in the browser results in "FORBIDDEN"

[michaelkenward]

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@required_alias wrote:

I admit I don't know the lingo, so, yeah, I gave the 6050 a fixed address.  In either case, typing the fixed address in the browser results in "FORBIDDEN"

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Browsers are getting increasingly picky about security.

The IP address for your AP is a simple 192,168.1.xxx, or something like that. Some browsers will reject that and won't let you get at them. They may warn that it is dangerous but offer a way around this at your own risk.

See the Advanced link.

That is in Edge. Other browsers have different ways of working.

Or you may have a firewall that is being equally uncooperative.