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GS724Tv4 conflict with Nighthawk Rax200 Router
I've had a Nighthawk RAX200 router for a bit now, and recently purchased a GS724Tv4 switch. When I connect the switch to the network, we lose internet, and I can no longer access the router via app, o...
Davolicious wrote:
I've had a Nighthawk RAX200 router for a bit now, and recently purchased a GS724Tv4 switch. When I connect the switch to the network, we lose internet, and I can no longer access the router via app, or wired connection. Further, connecting the switch causes the IP address of the router to change from 192.168.1.1 to 172.16.0.1 automatically.
No way my friend. This must be caused to wherever you connect the switch to.
Note: The GS724Tv4 or any other Netgear Plus or Smart Managed switch are pure L2 devices, have no DHCP server on board. The GS724Tv4 has just a DHCP client, what allows to pick up a valid IPv4 config from the hopefully one and only DHCP server on your LAN. Appears this is where your RAX200 WAN/Internet port does find another router and/or DHCP server, this is why the RAX200 does change it's LAN default IP config.
Some remaining from earlier Internet router installations, or some nice fellows which have connected a rouge router to your network?
Repeated factory resets of the RAX200 and the GS724Tv4 is fighting a red herring.
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