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Nighthawk MR60 - Not providing internet through LAN
Hello, I'm using a pair of MR60 Nighthawk Mesh WiFi 6 Router in my home. My main router connects to a hub and then to my PC and is wirelessly meshed with the secondary router. Intermittently my ...
I've tried Powerline plugs and the performance was awful at my apartment.
Setup is:
Arris TouchStone CM8200A > Nighthawk MR60 (Router) > Netgear 5-Port Gigabit Ethernet Unmanaged Switch GS305v3 > PC, Work laptop, etc
Nighthawk MR60 (Access point) > Another switch > Internet devices.
The only thing I've had issues with using this setup is my PC coming off the main router and Switch sometime loses the ability to receive internet over ethernet as described in my original post.
deeebo wrote:
Nighthawk MR60 (Access point) > Another switch > Internet devices.
Plugged into the first switch?
No MS satellites?
Your layout is not unlike mine, with the exception that here an MR90 feeds a 16-port switch that then feeds an MS90 satellite and other things, including a pile of NAS boxes, Arlo hubs and an R7800 in AP mode.
I see no local disconnects.
For once, I suggest that old die hard "check the cables". Usually just a boilerplate diversion, there are times when LAN cable really do go belly up.
Swapping cables around might be a good test.
The access point is wirelessly connected to the router using the mesh system. Not sure what you mean by "No MS satellites?".
And yes, I've tried a few different ethernet cables and confirmed the ones I'm using are working by using them to connect my PC directly to the modem and have no issues with internet access.
- I have a sneaky suspicion that you don't have two MR60s. My guess is that the one you describe as being in AP mode is really a satellite. My memory is that these routers don't do "repeater", wifi to wifi, mode.
Yes, it seems you're right... I've checked the labels on both the devices. One says "Mesh WiFi 6 Router MR60" and one says "Mesh WiFi 6 Satellite MS60"...
Are you saying that these products are not designed to be used like this? Most of the time they work exactly as I need, it's just the intermittent loss of internet over LAN to my main PC that's causing the issue.