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Netgear app is crap
I just want to reconnect a scanner to my network. I've spent about two hours chasing Netgear's helpfully circular links to try to reset my admin password- the biometric marker apparently just record...
1. what router do you have?
2. what firmware is on it?
3. what modem/gateway is it connected to?
4. you shouldn't need to log into the app/router to connect a wireless device to it. You can do it with the ssid/password
Got in, finally.
Gateway is 24.24.174.96, firmware is v1.0.4.84.
So, I just went to RTFM, and it looks like there is an LED on the top of the router that is a WPS button. Huh. It would have been great if any of the Nighthawk support docs I looked at mentioned that it has a WPS button....
Going to go see if this works...
Let me know if the wps option doesn't work. The manual does go over how to get the wps pin number.
How do I specify WPS settings on my Nighthawk router? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
rcb2022 wrote:
Gateway is 24.24.174.96, firmware is v1.0.4.84.
That will probably be your IP address on the internet.
The "gateway" that plemans referred to is the "modem". (The "gateway" word in this context usually means a modem with ither features, like a voice connection.) It might also be an Optical Network Terminator (ONT).
The firmware version isn't much help without the model number. It isn't "Nighthawk X6 AC3200".
AC3200 is not a unique Netgear model number. Some devices come with the AC tag, but it is essentially a label that Netgear, and others, attach to hardware to describe wifi speeds. Netgear has made several routers with that spec and a couple of cable modem/routers. Look for RXXXX.
Look at the label on the device for the Model. And, if there is one, include the "V" bit to show the hardware version. If there is no V number, then you have V1.
