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Nighthawk M1- Ethernet Port
Hello All, I have a Nighthawk M1 devce and its working just fine, however I have a question regarding the use of the ethernet port... I have been unable to get this to behave in a manner that I w...
Steve
I suspect that the Nighthawk M1 Ethernet port does not access the Router functions available via wifi access to the M1? If you are using a switch, it's not designed to connect LAN to Internet/WAN. Still no Router function.
If you have an old Router or Modem/Router laying around try setting up your LAN on that device or connecting it in line between your PoE Switch and the Nighthawk M1.
I suspect that the Nighthawk M1 Ethernet port does not access the Router functions available via wifi access to the M1? If you are using a switch, it's not designed to connect LAN to Internet/WAN. Still no Router function.
If you have an old Router or Modem/Router laying around try setting up your LAN on that device or connecting it in line between your PoE Switch and the Nighthawk M1.
I have connected the M1 ethernet port to my DGND3700v2 (WiFi Router) WAN port port and all works well. M1 provides internet access via it's ethernet port to the WiFi router and all it's connected devices. However there is an issue with the M1 ethernet port. I have noticed that when the M1 has a working / connected ethernet port, the M1 seems does not refresh this ethernet port's IP when the deviced is restarted (and even rebooted). I found that I have to manually disconnect the cable and reconnect to get allocated IP. Hopefully Netgeard read this and investigate and resolve ASAP. If I change anything on the M1, I always check to see if the connected device DGND3700v2 WAN has been allocated an IP by the M1. If not then I just pull and reconnect the ethernet cable.
Hope this helps.
M1 has latest firmware NTG9X50C_10.12.02.01