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AX1500 won't connect to internet
I recently purchases an AX1500. When trying to install it, the app will recognize the router and my phone will connect to it, but without internet, and it says the network cable isn't connected. I have a fiber connection to my house, but all I have inside is a box to plug an ethernet cable in to, no modem. It's worked for 10 years this way with other Netgear products, so is this router not compatible with that type of connection or am I missing something?
TIA for any assistance.
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mmanchester wrote:
I recently purchases an AX1500.
Which one?
AX1500 is not a unique Netgear model number. Many devices come with the AC/AX tag, but it is essentially a label that Netgear, and others, attach to hardware to describe wifi speeds.
Look at the label on the device for the Model Number. And, if there is one, include the "V" bit to show the hardware version. If there is no V number, then you have V1.
The only device that seems to be AX1500 is the "MK6W".
...I have a fiber connection to my house, but all I have inside is a box to plug an ethernet cable in to
No labels on that box?
Fibre doesn't mean much. All Internet services have fibre somewhere.
Is this cable Internet, satellite or optical fibre to the premises?
The last of these uses an optical network termination (ONT) that should just connect to the router.
When trying to install it, the app will recognize the router and my phone will connect to it, but without internet, and it says the network cable isn't connected.
Installation with a wired connection a web browser and the graphical user interface (GUI) is preferred by experienced users. The app is dumbed down and not much use if anything goes wrong.
Just another user with time on their hands.
It is the MK6W. The label on the router indicates MR60.
I have an optical fiber connection that terminates in the box on the outside of the house. From there they ran a cable into the house that terminates in a box that is identical to what you would connect a phone line to, but it only has an ethernet port in it.
Previously, I would connect an ethernet cable between that and my router's internet port, and that worked.
I appreciate your help, thank you.
mmanchester wrote:
Previously, I would connect an ethernet cable between that and my router's internet port, and that worked.
That should still work.
Can you try the wired setup?
Have you reset the MR60 before connecting to it?
Just another user with time on their hands.
