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how to connect RAX200 to my Hey Broadband brige mode
I have a recently changed my ISP to hey broadband from Talk Talk. I ask for a Bridge Mode instead of a heybroad router because i have been using my own router RAX200. How to i connect my Bridge Mo...
blacktigger72 wrote:
I ask for a Bridge Mode instead of a heybroad router because i have been using my own router RAX200.
I can't see any connection between your question and the other answer you received, which was just the usual boilerplate stuff.
Let's start from the beginning. What is the modem they supplied? Most ISPs supply modem/routers. (They talk of WiFi6 capable, which is a sure sign of a router.)
It is down to you to get the thing that delivers the Internet to you into bridge (modem only) mode. And that depends on what it is. (See above.)
If this is "full fibre" they may have provide an Optical Network Terminator (ONT). That delivers the Internet to an Ethernet port. All you have to do is to plug your RAX200 into the Ethernet.
Before you do that, reset the RAX200 to forget about its time with TalkTalk. Then just run through the setup process.
Visit the support pages:
Support | NETGEAR
Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware.
Look for the model number on the label on the device.
That page will also have any software, firmware and drivers for your device, if they exist.
Like michaelkenward says, what actual device are you connecting it to? That's a bit of key.
And them setting it automatically to bridge mode is a pretty sketchy assumption to make.
Most ISP's are pretty lazy and not going to do more than they need to.
so its on you to check if its actually in bridge mode or not.
And even if its not, you could just put the netgear's ip address into the supplied gateway's DMZ.
Or there's other options but its key to know what you're starting with
