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Thanks for this post. I just got one delivered from Amazon today - Amazon.com: Noyafa Network Cable Tester, NF-8209 4 in 1 PoE Wire Tracker with NVC and Lamp Cable Length Measurement for CAT5e/CAT6/CAT6a: Computers & Accessories - and I'm pretty impressed with all that it can do. For $51 it's...

Most of the ASUS routers are AiMesh compatible. I have a couple of their older AC1750 B1 routers and an RP-AC55 AiMesh repeater (for the garage) set up as an AiMesh network and it works perfectly. I have both routers and the repeater connected via Ethernet with the WiFi backhaul disabled. I...

Unless he's using the e2500 to expand his WiFi coverage that's the easiest solution.

Now you've got it! The PC will look to whatever it's plugged into for an IP address. If the PC it was plugged into (or connected via WiFi) to the Linksys AP which had DHCP turned off, and the AP was not connected to the Netgear gateway router, then the PC wouldn't get an IP address. The...

No. When you plug the AP router's (Linksys) WAN port into the Main router's (Netgear's) LAN port the the main router assigns the AP router an IP address and anything connected to AP's LAN ports or WiFi gets an IP address from the Main Router. In the Linksys, DHCP should be disabled and the...

That's exactly what I said to do. Plug the cable from the switch into the WAN port of the Linksys to use it as an access point. I have two routers I use as Access points in a mesh network and both have the cables from the switch plugged into the WAN ports.

You need to plug the cable from the switch into the WAN port of the Linksys - NOT a LAN port. See page 37 of this: https://downloads.linksys.com/downloads/userguide/E_Series_UG_E900Rev_3425-01486_Web.pdf SHould be the same for the E2500.