Second Router installation in external Garage
Trying to hook up a router in my external all steel garage.....I currently have the panoramic combo Modem/Router in the house and trying to connect a RAX54S Nighthawk in the garage. I have Cat 6 cabl...
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Adding a router to a router is technically possible but requires understanding of the TCP/IP protocol and basic routing/subnetting to get it to work properly. If you have a spare router you wish to use as a remote access point, one way you can mitigate this TCP/IP knowledge requirement is to connect it via one of the LAN or switched ports. Very often, you can get a spare router to work as an access point only via this method.
The router the OP mentions has a AP operation mode. See instructions in the first link I gave. As long as you are using DHCP you shouldn't need any routing/subnet knowledge. Can you explain? Are you basically saying it is user error?
If the nitehawk is setup as an access point, there should be no issues. The nitehawk will pass through ALL dhcp requests to the pano modem If another device is working on that ethernet wire, then try doing a factory reset on your new router, then login and setup as an Access Point, BEFORE connecting it to the ethernet.
Good advice. I am going to assume OP got it working since they never posted back.
The idea of AP mode will differ from one vendor to another as how this is not any kind of industry standard. Router are router and AP's are AP's but telling the result of telling a router to be an AP will differ by manufacturer. Given what the OP is describing, there's clearly some other underlying issue occurring here. My advised is based on eliminating a later to the issue that may not otherwise be necessary.
