Netgear AP help needed

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I bought a Netgear Rax10 router to put in my garage. I ran Cat5 from it, to a switch and my switch goes to my Netgear Nighthawk AX8.

I enabled AP on the Rax10 with my laptop plugged into one of the Ethernet ports. After enabling AP, it does not connect to the Nighthawk. The Rax10 has a 168 IP address and the Nighthawk issues 192. Also I cannot access the Rax10 though the WiFi.
I have reset the router and I can again access the Rax10, but the process continues.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Robotron2k84]

The secondary router needs to be in AP-only mode, disabling the firewall on the secondary and connecting the two together on their LAN ports, not via the WAN port on the secondary. Having the switch in the middle should not cause any problems.

Once done, disable DHCP serving on the secondary so that the primary handles LAN address assignment.

You may need to assign the IP address of the secondary manually. Choose an address not in the DHCP range that the primary will hand to LAN clients, but still in the range of the primary. Assuming 192.168.1.1 for the primary, you could set the secondary with address 192.168.1.2, using the same netmask of 255.255.255.0 and the router address of 192.168.1.1, with DNS as 192.168.1.1. Then set the DHCP range on the primary from 192.168.1.10 to 192.168.1.100, for example.

This assumes you want a flat network without subnetting.

That should be all that is necessary.

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[arrix]

You should run CAT8 cable to your garage AP. It's shielded and won't limit your bandwidth to your firewall.

[Robotron2k84]

Cat8 cabling is not appropriate for longer runs, and is used for cross-connects between devices that require speeds in excess of 40 Gb/s.

Cat6e is all that is generally needed for 1 Gb/s networking. If you want 2.5 to 10 Gb/s, then cat6a with the extra shielding.

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[Robotron2k84]

If under 50 meters, cat5e will do gig and cat6e 10 gig. To get the full distance, per spec, you need 6e for gig and 6a for 10 gig.

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I have been busy and not had a chance until today to monkey with the router.

So my main router (a RAX750) is setup and runs properly. I have CAT5E from the main router to an 8 port switch. From the switch CAT5E to the garage, approx 30’. I set the garage router (a RAX10) to AP mode. I have flashing amber and no internet on the RAX10. I have the CAT5E plug into a lan port on the RAX10.

I am at a loss. I connected the router together directly in the house and everything worked fine. Is it not possible to use the switch between the two routers?

[Robotron2k84]

Secondary needs to have its default gateway set to the primary router. You will not get internet on the WAN port on the secondary. The secondary router may show an amber light if the WAN isn’t utilized. Generally, when in AP mode the WAN functionality should be disabled.

What are the IP ranges on each device? Direct connect can ARP to the interface directly and route traffic even if the IP addres is logically on a different subnet. Once a bridge is introduced, both need to be on the same subnet.