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Aspirant

Apr 05, 2017

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...

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stevesw

NETGEAR Expert

Apr 17, 2017

Wazzal,

Connecting a switch to the M1 ethernet port so that all other devices connected to the switch are assigned local IP addresses should work by default out of the box.

The M1 will act as a DHCP server for all clients connected to the switch.

Devices will be assigned local IP addresses in a configurable range (default: 192.168.1.20+).

This is same default subnet used by WiFi devices connected to the M1.

Note that you may need to try connecting the client devices to the switch after the switch connected to M1 and M1 running.

This is to ensure the client devices trigger a DCHP request to the M1.

Colin,

When you state "when the device is restarted (and even rebooted)", can you clarify if you are describing when the M1 restarts/reboots or the connected DGND3700v2 router restarts/reboots.

Thanks

Steve

Expobar

Aspirant

Apr 27, 2017

Steve

I have had the same issue as most others. I am trying to connect my Nigthhawk M1 to a 16 port unmanaged switch through the ethernet port -

as I have hardwired all my rooms.

The installer has tested all of the connections from the central data point to the various rooms - and everything has been installed correctly.

I have bought a whole set of new cables.

Somewhow the NigthHawk M1 Ethernet port is not connecting to the switch. And it is not working straight out of the box as you have indicated.

I am wondering whether the ethernet port has failed. Used to work OK until last few days.

Thanks

Philip