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FVS336Gv3 with Virgin SuperHub 2?
I am struggling to connect my new FVS336Gv3 router (firmware 4.3.1-14) to a Virgin Media SuperHub 2 (aka Netgear WMDG480) which is running in modem-only mode. The router status page shows that it fa...
After reading your problem, this was going to be my guess. Typically, I will clone the MAC address from the old router when swapping routers--even when it is not MAC bound. This allows you to keep your old dynamic IP address even when swapping routers. ;)
jolyoncox wrote: Apparently the modem locks itself to the MAC address of the router, and you either have to spoof the MAC address or unlock it by waiting much longer before rebooting. I think I must have accidentally done that, so it worked and all is fine now.
The old modem didn't lock itself to the MAC address, so it never occurred to me that the SuperHub would - there is precious little documentation and in modem-only mode there are no settings to see.
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