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Help setting up my router
I'm having a hard time setting up this router to my IMAC computer. Every time I try to log into my routerlogin I keep getting the message: You are not connected to your WIFI router network. But I am....
EJMack wrote:
The iMac is connected to the Technicolor's wifi network, not the netgear.
You need to connect to the Netgear's wifi. And you should turn the technicolor's wifi network off.
You have two choices here:
- use the technicolor as the router, and use the x6 for wifi only.
- use the x6 both for routing and for wifi.
Which option do you want to use? (1) might be a bit simpler.
Re: "routerlogin.net" keeps saying I must be connected to my router's WiFi, even though I[ Edited ]
I also use FIOS. If you are using FIOS and their cable TV, then you need to use their router first. Their router is providing the program guide, video on demand to their set top boxes, and is needed with their DVR.
You connect the ethernet cable from the FIOS ONT to the FIOS router's internet/wan port. Then connect a second ethernet cable from one of the FIOS router's LAN ports to the Netgear router's Internet port. Then connect the PC ethernet to one of the Netgear router's LAN ports.
If you have this set up correctly, then you should be able to access the Netgear router's web page by entering http://10.0.0.1 in your web browser, and you should be able to reach the FIOS router by entering http://192.168.1.1 in your web browser. You should also be able to reach the internet.
Using both routers back-to-back is called double-NAT. It works, but some advanced features (like port forwarding) become more complicated to set up. I use double-NAT myself, but if you wish you can turn off the routing features in the Netgear router by switching to "access point mode". This means you'd use if tor wifi, but not for routing. There is a guide here: https://kb.netgear.com/24104/How-do-I-change-my-Nighthawk-router-to-AP-mode-after-I-ve-already-run-s.... I recommend getting the double-NAT setup working first though.
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Remember from earlier this week sounds very close to this problem just a different isp supplied modem/router but the issue is very much like to other posting.