- Nov 11, 2017
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I have been hunting around the forums and interwebs but can't seem to find my exact question - if this is a duplicate, I can't find the original, please link it.
Here's the thing:
We just got a new Netgear AC1200 router for the AC benefit for Fiber, and to replace our old Netgear DGN2200v4.
I want to still use the old Netgear and daisy chain the routers so that I can have the new Netgear as the main one in the center of the house and use the old Netgear in the TV room, connected via a long LAN cable. However, I want to plug the Smart TV and Playstation into the old router with a LAN cable, but also have its WiFi network available as a separate access point name.
The old Netgear doesn't seem to have repeating functionality (although I believe this does not boost using an internet line in, it just picks up the WiFi and repeats it, which is not what I want, and I still want to be able to use the LAN ports on the old router). I have also tried the solution here, where DHCP is disabled and the old router is locked to its own IP address - but can't seem to get any internet from it, with cable or with wireless. Not sure if I am just doing something stupid here.
Any help or ideas as to how to tackle this would be greatly appreciated, or pointers to the right sources would also be great.
Here's the thing:
We just got a new Netgear AC1200 router for the AC benefit for Fiber, and to replace our old Netgear DGN2200v4.
I want to still use the old Netgear and daisy chain the routers so that I can have the new Netgear as the main one in the center of the house and use the old Netgear in the TV room, connected via a long LAN cable. However, I want to plug the Smart TV and Playstation into the old router with a LAN cable, but also have its WiFi network available as a separate access point name.
The old Netgear doesn't seem to have repeating functionality (although I believe this does not boost using an internet line in, it just picks up the WiFi and repeats it, which is not what I want, and I still want to be able to use the LAN ports on the old router). I have also tried the solution here, where DHCP is disabled and the old router is locked to its own IP address - but can't seem to get any internet from it, with cable or with wireless. Not sure if I am just doing something stupid here.
Any help or ideas as to how to tackle this would be greatly appreciated, or pointers to the right sources would also be great.
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