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"So you are assigning or otherwise leaving the network router functions to the Nokia modem and relegating the AC86u as just a wireless repeater.\n\nCertainly an option.\n\nMy thought is that  using the modem as just a modem and  using the AC86u as the network router (DHCP) will provide more functional administrative control over the network.  The AC86u will still serve both wired and wireless network devices as it intended to do in a router configuration.\n\nMore specifically with the modem as a modem, you would configure the AC86u as a router at 192.168.1.1 (subnet mask 255.255.255.0) and all network devices would use 192.168.1.1 as the network router/gateway to obtain a DHCP IP address within whatever range you choose.\n\nAnd you would also establish static IP addresses for those network devices requiring a static IP (e.g.,  repeaters, access points, NAS, printer).   Again you can establish those static IP address on the router as necessary.  Just ensure that the static IP addresses are outside of the router's allowed DHCP IP address range and reserved for any given device via the devices' MAC.\n\n\nI tested the network coverage of the ac86u close to the modem to see if I can get enough speed on the ac66u, unfortunately the signal was too weak to let the ac86u there and plug the ethernet cable on the modem to transform the ac86u into a roiter.\nSo I tried again to connect the ac66u to the ac86u both as repeaters, this time using static ip.... It kinda worked\nI mean Lan could get full speed of 125mb/s, the repeated 5g 65mb/s... But the new 2.4 ssid didn't get Internet, go figures!!\nAbout dns1 and dns2 of the ac66u static ip, I set 8.8.8.8 and 192.168.1.254 which is the ips of the modem\nThere is definitely something wrong\n\nHere the static ip settings I used:"
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