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I have just purchased a RAX50-100EUS and downloaded the V1.0.15.128_2.089 firmware. the first problem I found is if I change the router name in device name area of set up it is not carried to intern...
Does this problem happen if you use the routers default 192.168.x IP address pool string?
90.x IP address public subnet pool string would not be valid and not recommended for use on the private LAN side subnet. 10.x, 172.x, or 192.x subnets are spec for home class router private LAN environments.
Hi thanks for quick reply.
I had changed and applied the new 90.90.90.1 IP address. I then had to log back in to the router.
Then I tried to add other devices into the list.
The PC i was using to edit the configuration was automatically added into the top of the list.
When I opened the list and the PC showed with the correct IPADDRESS it correct name in Capital letters (as per in the PC SYSTEM) plus the correct MAC address.
But when I tried to add another device with IP address Name in either upper case or lower case plus the MAC number once added and applied applied, the device was added to the list but instead of Name it had repeated the IP address in the name field. just once I added a device using upper case name it was added correctly in the list so I changed all the names I wanted to upper case but no other device was added correctly. I did not note the version of firmware in the RAX50 when it arrived but after the first attempt I download and installed V1.0.12_2.0.89 and it made no difference so I download and installed V1.0.15.128_2.0.89.
I am not convinced but when I started setting up the device with the delivered firmware I think the software also displaced its on MAC number incorrectly with just the error in the last two characters AD instead of AC both the new versions listed above show the correct MAC numbers in set up. Plus I changed the device name in LAN area applied and when I looked in the Wan are the device name had not changed but when I used the edit button the name I had entered in the LAN area applied but never showed up when replied. I purchased this so it could all be up and running in the house as our NETGEAR D7000 is becoming after many years a bit intermittent and I wanted the family to be happy while i was working away. So I have had to return this before going away as it appears the old D7000 could be more reliable than the RAX50. I am using Windows 10 with all available updates and the latest version of EDGE 123.0.2420.81 Regards Alan
Thanks for a quick reply.
I did not try with the default IP address's as I have been using the 90.90.90.1 with the Netgear D7000 for years and wanted to keep things as they were, ( as I am going away and wanted to leave the house network as is but with a new router as the D7000 after so many years is getting slightly intermitent.)
I changed the IP address to 90.90.90.1 applied it then relogged into the router again before trying to set my the device number allocation.
When I went to add the first device the router had already added the PC I was using to edit the configuration it was added fully correctly with IP address PC Name In UPPER case letters and the correct MAC address.
when I tied to add a second device using again upper case letters when it was applied the item appeared in the list but instead of the device name it had repeated the IP address but the MAC number was correct. after I tried to add some more devices out of the 10 devices I added only one had the correct Name in the Name box the rest had the IP address repeated in that name field.
I did not notice which firmware version was loaded in the router when delivered, but I then down load V1.0.12.120_2.0.83 but that made no difference. so i downloaded and installed V1.0.15.128_2.0.89 and that also made no difference.
With the firmware installed when delivered, I Did notice the that configuration showed the wrong MAC number for the router as the last pair of letters was AD and not AC as per the box it arrived in. In all three versions when I changed the device name in the LAN part and then checked again in the WAN part the name had not changed but when I pressed edit the device name I had changed to was present but could not be saved. Thanks again Alan
I'd be sure there is no special characters is the device naming. Try removing underscores (_) from between names. Try using a dash if needed (-).
Try a different browser?
You'll need to try the default 192.168 IP address subnet as well. The one you had been using may not work on newer generation routers.
As for device name the names are very simple no special characters no spaces I even tried both only upper case as the system auto entered for the device that I was editing the configure by, I also tried lower case only (just in case) like NABPC and nabpc.
It was just the once that the details I entered that arrived in the list just as I had entered them but the RAX50 Will be going back as I no longer have time to find a fix before I have to leave the country for work and will not be back in time to return it before the return dead line date.
Thanks anyway
apavitt wrote:
Thanks for a quick reply.
I did not try with the default IP address's as I have been using the 90.90.90.1 with the Netgear D7000 for years and wanted to keep things as they were, ( as I am going away and wanted to leave the house network as is but with a new router as the D7000 after so many years is getting slightly intermitent.)
The D7000 is a DSL modem/router. How were you using it? As a modem, modem/router or router? All three modes are possible.
If router only, what modem sits between it and the Internet?
What things do you want to keep as they were? It is just the wifi password and SSID, you can set up the RAX50 with its default settings and change the wifi to match those on the old router.
What were these devices allocated IP addresses? Fixed on the devices or reserved on the router?
Whatever you want to do on that front will involve manual intervention on your part to transfer the settings. Might be just as easy to install with the conventional configuration and to tweak that
I Did notice the that configuration showed the wrong MAC number for the router as the last pair of letters was AD and not AC as per the box it arrived in.
Could be down to the difference between wifi and wired MACs.
Both of the routers were being used in the exact same way we have a GIGACLEAR fibre connection and the INTERNET port of the device was connected directly to the cat5 socket on the terminal box on the end of the fibre.
The D7000 and the RAX50 were both connected the same way and both could access the internet that way and the updates of the firmware was download via the RAX50. and appeared to work fine.
I wanted to to keep everything the same. As we have had the exact same configuration in the D7000 for years except for changing the change modem when we were using a telephone line before we changed over to Fibre. and when we changed I just made the D7000 auto config the Internet part.
otherwise the configuration ahs not changed and with the way it is set up we have never been hacked into, and I decided to stay the same way to save safe.
We use MAC number to each device be it the WIFI connection or the CAT5 connection each device has its own MAC number and I give each device a separate name. so nobody is going to get into the system, even if somebody wants to guess they would have to be very lucky to guess correct. also I do not broadcast the SID only any of the four WIFI connection. Yes I want to keep the same SID and password to the new RAX50.
All the other parts of the set up work fine WIFI SID and passwords have all been accepted.
It is just the two items I found that do not work (1) carrying the changed device name from the LAN part of the configuration to the Wan part of the configuration. (2) being able to type in the device name in the list that allocates a IP address to a MAC number. where the device name I typed in get replaced with IP address which is also in the IP address. The list I am talking about is the list where the router allocates the IP Address to the device. I want to use a configuration that I know is secure and proven to be secure and of course if I set up a standard configuration then try to alter it latter I would not be able to return the item as i will of kept it to long,
