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ChaoticPanda

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Hey Tom's Hardware, I am just wondering how can I setup my current router modem to work as a modem and access point for my TP-LINK router and use my new wireless router as the internet source as last night I was struggling with connecting it. Please give very clear instructions as I am very new to networking. Also I keep getting this error saying "WAN ip and LAN ip are in the same subnet." I have tried disable NAT and DHCP but I can't disable them both on my router modem.
My routers are:
Router Modem (Secondary Router):
NETGEAR CGD24N
New Router (Primary Router):
TP-LINK WDR3600
To summarise it all up I basically want to know how to make my Netgear Router Modem's into a wireless access point as well as being a modem and keep my TP-Link router as the main source of internet usage.
Here is a sample of how I want my setup to work.

Wired Connection:

1 - NETGEAR CGD24N - Cable Modem and Access Point
- Low bandwidth users use it

2 - TP-LINK WDR3600 - Wireless Connection and Access Point
- High bandwidth users use it

Thanks in advance.
 
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Depends what you mean "extend" if you use the device as repeater and use wireless to "extend" the range then in many cases you are limited by the first router. Just doing the repeating reduces the bandwidth significantly

Now if you mean you use a ethernet cable to place the second device remote from the second. This is the best way to extend the range and you will be able to use dual band and mimo and what every other feature the second radio has. With careful channel selection you will increase the total bandwidth available to all you devices
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bill001g

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You pretty much can't do it the way you want. The netgear has the only connection to the ISP so it either MUST be the router or it can only act as a passthough to your second router.

So either follow the instructions in the tp-link manual to set it is a AP or follow the instructions in the top of this forum that show how to make any router into a AP. You then should be able to use both devices for wireless.

Not much you can do the primary router is the one connected to the cable modem and when the modem and the router are in the same box it dose not give you the option to cable a new router to the modem.
 
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ChaoticPanda

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This might sound really dumb but if I use my second router to extend the range of my first router will I still get the benefits my second router has such as Dual Band and 300 MBP/S?
 
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bill001g

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Depends what you mean "extend" if you use the device as repeater and use wireless to "extend" the range then in many cases you are limited by the first router. Just doing the repeating reduces the bandwidth significantly

Now if you mean you use a ethernet cable to place the second device remote from the second. This is the best way to extend the range and you will be able to use dual band and mimo and what every other feature the second radio has. With careful channel selection you will increase the total bandwidth available to all you devices
 
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ChaoticPanda

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Don't worry I have already solved my issue. But thanks for the help anyways. Basically I disabled my internet connection on my router modem by turning off the wireless settings and turning off NAT and passed it on to the new wireless router via plugging a LAN cable in the WAN slot of my new wireless router and connect it to a LAN slot on my old modem router. Then I proceed to change my new wireless router IP address and then change the old modem router's IP address starting range just one above my new wireless router's IP address. This solves the issues of having two NATs and two DHCPs but once again thanks for the help anyways.
 
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