Question Second router as an AP Question

[RASelkirk]

Hi All,

I recently bought a GLi.Net AX1800 "Flint" router to replace my Netgear R7000. Nothing wrong with the '7000, but the Flint has multiple internet sources like repeater mode, phone tethering, USB modem, etc that I wanted.

I got the Flint up and running in no time - but - sadly the radio(s) are too weak to reliably supply my more distant clients, with constant drop-outs and disconnects. So, I have set up the R7000 as a (wired) access point strictly to provide WiFi. The Flint does have three connections via LAN plus the R7000 but no more Wifi clients.

In the R7000, I had all my client IPs hard-coded. They still are, but they're not getting the right IPs so I'm guessing I've got both routers doing DHCP. I'd like for the R7000 to handle that since they're already coded in, but I'm not sure how to turn off DHCP in the Flint. It's loosely based on OpenWrt and even has a LUCi interface, but I cannot find a "switch" for DHCP. Even if I did, would I still need to hard code the LAN IPs within the Flint?

Thanks!

Russ

 

[kanewolf]

Hi All,

I recently bought a GLi.Net AX1800 "Flint" router to replace my Netgear R7000. Nothing wrong with the '7000, but the Flint has multiple internet sources like repeater mode, phone tethering, USB modem, etc that I wanted.

I got the Flint up and running in no time - but - sadly the radio(s) are too weak to reliably supply my more distant clients, with constant drop-outs and disconnects. So, I have set up the R7000 as a (wired) access point strictly to provide WiFi. The Flint does have three connections via LAN plus the R7000 but no more Wifi clients.

In the R7000, I had all my client IPs hard-coded. They still are, but they're not getting the right IPs so I'm guessing I've got both routers doing DHCP. I'd like for the R7000 to handle that since they're already coded in, but I'm not sure how to turn off DHCP in the Flint. It's loosely based on OpenWrt and even has a LUCi interface, but I cannot find a "switch" for DHCP. Even if I did, would I still need to hard code the LAN IPs within the Flint?

Thanks!

Russ

A router used as an AP should be configured with the DHCP server disabled. You connect to a LAN port on that AP/router. Your IP reservations need to be redone on your new AX1800 router. That is where all the DHCP requests should be serviced.

 

[vov4ik_il]

In the R7000, I had all my client IPs hard-coded

You really want to have just one router unless you want to make things complicated with l3 segmentation and dynamic routing protocols..... The router you like to do routing should do all L3 stuff (routing/nat/filtering etc), the other one where you like the radios should be switched to Access Point mode, where it only does bridging between LAN and WLAN. I am not sure which menu it is in Netgear... but no routing, plain L2 switching or bridging.

Edit: Here is what I found on Netgear kb.

 

[RASelkirk]

A router used as an AP should be configured with the DHCP server disabled. You connect to a LAN port on that AP/router. Your IP reservations need to be redone on your new AX1800 router. That is where all the DHCP requests should be serviced.

I had forgotten to turn off "Access control" on the Netgear, guess that was messing me up. I ended up assigning IPs on the AX1800 last night before bed and it's all working as expected this am.

Thanks!