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gabry2404
May 31, 2022Aspirant
NightHawk MK63: adding satellites
Hello everybody. I go straight to the matter: I had a MK63 nighthawk system whose main router broke down due to a power surge. The two satellites, however, should not have suffered damage. So I bou...
gabry2404
Jun 02, 2022Aspirant
First of all, thank you for your reply & time.
I hardwired , as suggested, the old satellite into the new router, but it did NOT work; the led of the satellite, after blinking white, remained red.
I'm more than sure that it is possible to add new satellites (up to 4) but I start thinking they must be kind of "vergin" (not belonging to an old kit). These old ones have on their back the SSID of the old router. This may explain why they don't "talk" with the new router.
However, any other piece of advice?
plemans
Jun 02, 2022Guru - Experienced User
If you hardwire into the satellite, you should be able to access it at 192.168.1.250
make sure its running the same version of firmware thats on the router (but the satellite version)