WGR614v7 for use as wireless access point

[DavidMW45]

I want to configure a WGR614v7 for use as a wireless access point in my garden studio. There is an ethernet cable from the main router in the house. I need to have ethernet ports as well as wi-fi and I hope the WGR614v7 will do what I need, but I need to reconfigure it.

I'm not able to access the configuration page. If I enter 192.168.1.1 into my browser it either produces no result, or it takes me to routerlogin.com which tells me I'm not connected to my router's wi-fi - which I am!

It seems to me that routerlogin.com is not enabled to handle this old router. Please can you advise exactly how I can access the configuration page?

Thanks.

[DavidMW45 · Accepted solution]

Just as a follow up, the new WAC104 works fine, but as with the WGR614 I had great difficulty accessing the setup page. This eventually turned out to be down to the antivirus software blocking access. Once I'd disabled this, I was able to get in and set a decent password for the wi-fi.

Quite possibly I'd have been able to re-configure the WGR614 as an access point if I'd realised this sooner! If I've nothing better to do I'll give it a go!

Thanks for the help.

[antinode]

> I'm not able to access the configuration page. [...]

   When you connect what, exactly, to what, exactly, how, exactly?

   If you connect nothing to the WGR614v7 except (its power adapter and)
a computer to one of its LAN Ethernet ports, then it should work as
described in its documentation.

   Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation.  Get some.  Read.

> I want to configure a WGR614v7 for use as a wireless access point
> [...]

   As I read its documentation, your antique doesn't have a WAP mode
option, so you'll need to use a procedure like the one at:

      https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1463500

That's written for a Netgear C6300-as-WAP, but the steps are about the
same for any other router (any make/model) which lacks a one-step WAP
option.  If the router which you're reconfiguring has a WAN/Internet
Ethernet port (unlike a Cxxxx), then leave it unconnected.

[DavidMW45]

Thanks for the advice. I found the process of accessing the configuration page and making the necessary changes altogether too challenging, and wasn't confident of achieving the results I need. I've ordered a dedicated Wi-Fi access point from Netgear.

Thanks again.

[DavidMW45 · Accepted solution]

Just as a follow up, the new WAC104 works fine, but as with the WGR614 I had great difficulty accessing the setup page. This eventually turned out to be down to the antivirus software blocking access. Once I'd disabled this, I was able to get in and set a decent password for the wi-fi.

Quite possibly I'd have been able to re-configure the WGR614 as an access point if I'd realised this sooner! If I've nothing better to do I'll give it a go!

Thanks for the help.

[michaelkenward]

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@DavidMW45 wrote:

This eventually turned out to be down to the antivirus software blocking access.

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Good feedback.

Which software? Have you alerted them to the grief they caused you?

[DavidMW45]

It's ESET Cyber Security for Mac. Yes, I've alerted them to the issue and they don't seem to have a solution. Once you know the cause it's easy to work round it by disabling the anti-virus, or creating an exception.

It's a pity it took me more than a week and the price of a new WAP to work it out!

[michaelkenward]

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@DavidMW45 wrote:

It's a pity it took me more than a week and the price of a new WAP to work it out!

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Look on the bright side. Your WAC104 from 2016 is several generations younger than the WGR614v7 which has its roots in 2003. Almost 20th  century.

You now have 5 GHz wifi and 1000 Mbps WAN.