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Nighthawk AX4 in AP mode connect to XR300
I hope this is the correct place to post this. I have a XR300 router. I have connected it with a LAN cable to AX4 router that I setup in AP mode. The XR300 will not connect to the AX4 router. (My old setup was a spectrum router with AX4 in AP mode. SSID and passwords are the exact same and it works great.) When I switch out to the XR300 as my main router the LAN light on the XR300 blinks red every 5 or so seconds on the port I have connected the AX4. When I put my old spectrum router back in place the AX4 router works great. The cable distance is about 100 feet. I brought the AX4 router next to the XR300 and connected it with a 6 foot cord and the LAN light light up white and seem to have connected. Took it back to my outside building and connected it the light went back to red and the AX4 has no access. I performed a factory reset on AX4 and the XR300. Set AX4 backup as AP and XR300 as main router and the AX4 still did not work. The SSID's and passwords are exactly the same. Could this be a distance issue for the XR300? Cat5e cable has a limit of about 300 feet but it works great with my spectrum router setup as my main router. The XR300 is set to DHCP and everything else seems to work just fine when except I can't get it to see the AX4. Thanks for any help