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GFChicoine
Jun 13, 2019Aspirant
Install Netgear WiFi Router AC1000
Hello. I've been trying (even using tech support by phone) to install a new Netgear Wifi Router AC1000 through my working internet modem to my working desktop. (So I have internet access when going ...
GFChicoine
Jun 13, 2019Aspirant
Slight correction:
After I have hooked up the new router described above, my network popup keeps reading "NETGEAR61: No internet, secured."
michaelkenward
Jun 14, 2019Guru - Experienced User
First, AC1000 is not a Netgear model number. It is a label that Netgear, and others, attach to hardware to describe wifi speeds.
The model number is on a label on the device.
If you visit the support pages:
you can feed in the model number and find all the documentation for your hardware.
Second, you've posted in the apps section rather than the section for your router. Any reason for that? Is it an app issue.
GFChicoine wrote:
After I have hooked up the new router described above, my network popup keeps reading "NETGEAR61: No internet, secured."
What is this "network popup"? Is it something in Windows?
If so, my first guess is that you need to tell Windows that you are on a "private network".
- Network and Internet settings
- Network Status
- Change Connection Properties
- Network Profile
- Private
If not, come back with more details of what you are doing and what happens.