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Dawg_One
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Oct 24, 2018

Netgear Fiber Optic Modem

I am searching for a netgear fiber optic modem. I have moved to an area where my cable modem is not compatible with my service. We now have fiber optic service. A CAT-VI cable is ran from the D-Mar...
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DexterJB
NETGEAR Moderator
Oct 29, 2018

Hi Dawg_One,

 

Welcome to the community!

 

1. Have you tried connecting the CAT6 cable from the ISP straight to the WAN port of the R8000 and set it up that way?

2. What model is the modem that was supplied?

 

Regards,

 

Dexter

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Dawg_One
Aspirant
Oct 29, 2018

Hey Dexter,

 

I appreciate your response.  I took your advice.  I connected the cat-VI cable from the wall into a Netgear-GS-605 5-port gigabit ethernet switch.  Then out of the switch, I connected a cat-VI cable to the Netgear Nighthawk X-6 Model 8000.  Everything works fine.  Thanks for the help.