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JuGu
Mar 18, 2021Initiate
Mesh Repeater EX8000 how to connect with Internet-Router via LAN
Scenario: - Internet-Router is in the ground flour. - I have a LAN Cable from the ground flour to the first flour (because of bad WLAN) - In the first flour I want to connect the EX8000 Mesh Exten...
plemans
Mar 18, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Yes you can. but you need to setup the EX8000 in access point mode.
- JuGuMar 18, 2021Initiate
Thx, for the solution. But one more question: Is my internet router in the ground flour (internet access point) still working as WLAN router, when I turn the Netgear Repeater in the first flour to an access point?
- plemansMar 18, 2021Guru - Experienced User
No.
The router stays in router mode.
In access point mode, the router controls dhcp.
I quite frequently run router + access point/points.