XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: mickeydavis078XX@ptd.net   
      
   On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 13:22:29 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:   
      
   > I ended up using one of the four ports on the Netgear R7000 as the   
   >>"backhaul" (as you say) from my main router (which used up 1 switch port).   
   >>   
   >>So that leaves me with 3 more open ports, where I will put a piece of tape   
   >>over the yellow input port so that I don't accidentally use it by mistake.   
   >   
   > I assumed you knew that you should use a LAN port and not the yellow WAN   
   port,   
   > so thanks for confirming that. I also assume that AP Mode automatically   
   disabled   
   > the DHCP server in the R7000. If not, you should manually disable it.   
      
   Well, the previous Linksys WRT54Gv5 had the WAN port covered with tape   
   which was my reminder to set up the R7000 the same way. I actually tacked   
   on the Linksys WRT54Gv5 to one of the three available LAN ports on the   
   R7000 which I didn't even test to see if that access point is working as a   
   result, as I was going to just give it to the local thrift shop otherwise.   
      
   The 1st thing I did was set the static IP address of the R7000 to one more   
   than the static IP address of the Linksys WRT54Gv5 so they don't clash.   
      
   As for the DHCP server in the Netgear R7000, let me log into it to check   
   because once I set it up as a wired access point, most of the settings   
   became grayed out so there wasn't really all that much to deal with.   
      
   In "Setup", "Internet Setup", "WAN Sertup" and "LAN Setup" are all grayed   
   out, so there's only "Wireless Setup" for choosing the access point stuff.   
      
   There's nothing you can do with DHCP anywhere, so I can't even tell you   
   what the default is that setting it to "AP Mode" set the Netgear N7000 to.   
      
   I'm surprised it was so easy to set up - where the main stumbling block was   
   I was trying to find a step by step guide under the name of a wired   
   repeater, but you (and Graham) showed me that such a thing doesn't exist.   
      
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