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orchidist
Aspirant
Jun 10, 2016
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Configuring AC1750 R6400 on static network

I just started working with an office whose network has a Sonic firewall with DHCP disabled.  All computers and printers have static IP addresses.  I want to add a wireless router to the network whic...
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  • orchidist's avatar
    orchidist
    Jul 14, 2016

    Thanks for the suggestions and the warnings.  I worked with Netgear support, but was never able to get the AC1750 setup on the static network.  The Soho firewall died this week and we had to replace the firewall so I enabled DHCP and configured the AC1750 as an AP. 

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TheEther
Guru
Jun 10, 2016
  1. Connect a single computer to R6400 and log in.  Do not connect the R6400 to the network, yet.
  2. Configure the Wi-Fi settings, as desired.
  3. Go to LAN Setup
  4. Change the IP address.  Make sure the address is in the same subnet as the office network.
  5. Set the starting and ending IP addresses on the DHCP server to avoid any address conflicts with the computers and printers on your network.
  6. Click Apply.  You computer will lose its connection to the router, so log in again using its new address.
  7. Configure a static route (0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0) with the appropriate gateway address (presumably your Sonic firewall).
  8. Connect R6400 LAN port to the network.  Leave the WAN/Internet port disconnected.
  9. Test a wireless device.
orchidist's avatar
orchidist
Aspirant
Jun 11, 2016

Thanks TheEther for your reply.  Just a question to clarify on Step 7.  I will configure a static route in the Internet settings, as if there was a static IP address with an ISP, but using an unused static IP address on the office network, subnet mask and gateway of the Sonic firewall.

 

 

Thank you again.