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Router has never allowed me to connect directly to the Internet
Although the Nighthawk M2 seems to be a personal Internet connection device, I have never been able to achieve this. My primary use has been to boost/bypass my ADSL router, and provide throughput fo...
> [...] boost/bypass my ADSL router, [...]
I have no idea what that means. What, exactly, is your (unspecified)
"my ADSL router"? What, exactly, is connected to what, exactly? (Hint:
If a device has different types of Ethernet ports, then "connected to
device" is not enough detail.)
> [...] I have had to set the Advanced IP settings [...]
"had to"? For the benefit of the non-psychics in your audience,
which settings did you set to what? How, exactly, is your (unspecified)
"my ADSL router" configured?
> [...] provide Windows with a metric [...]
"a metric"? "provide" what, how, exactly?
> Is it that Netgear wants us to buy one of their WiFi boxes to make
> this work?
"this"? Who knows what "this" really is?
My guess, based on what might be the most confusing description I've
ever read here (which is saying something), is that Netgear wants you to
use one router which is properly configured (say, by following the
documentation), rather than getting "creative", and tangling two
different routers together into one big mess. But that's only my guess.