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Aspirant

Apr 09, 2024

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

FURRYe38
Guru
Apr 09, 2024
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.
- apavitt
  Aspirant
  Apr 09, 2024
  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
michaelkenward
Guru
Apr 09, 2024
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.
- apavitt
  Aspirant
  Apr 09, 2024
  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,
  - michaelkenward
    Guru
    Apr 09, 2024
    apavitt wrote:
    
    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.
    
    This implies that the D7000, which is a modem/router and not a "router" as you put it, is in router modem.
    
    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.
    
    Not sure that I follow that. What device name? Where is this LAN area?
    
    Advanced
    
    Setup
    
    LAN Setup
    
    And where do you expect to see it? Windows?
    
    How it appears there is down to what Windows sees when it first encounters the router.
    
    (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.
    
    Again, where are you doing this?
    
    Remember, the D7000 dates back to 2015, nearly 10 years ago. It was also built as a DSL modem/router.
    
    A lot has moved on since then. For example, the D7000 does not support the Nighthawk app, with its added layers of remote control. (It used the now deceased Genie App.)
    
    Your call, of course, but it might not be a bad idea to revisit your security strategy, an area that has also changed dramatically over the past decade.There is now a whole new industry of security services for the terminally paranoid, including Netgear's Armor subscription. (No, I am not recommending that, I don't use it, simply pointing out that network life has moved on.)
    
    You may be trying to achieve the impossible with current technology. A task not easily completed when you are in a rush to leave the place.

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