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Instructions for setting up nighthawk RAX41 to use with my ISP router in bridge or modem mode.
Just as the title states, I’m looking for advice on how I need to set this router up when I return it back to router mode that will be connected via ethernet cable to one of the outputs of my ISP pro...
A lot depends on what has been done to customize the network while in the current configuration. The Calix router will have defined a local IP subnet which may be different from the subnet that the Netgear router will define. If individual devices have been assigned IP addresses in the Calix configuration, that information will disappear.
Sounds like an adventure awaits!
I guess I don't understand what you mean when you say a lot depends on what has been done to customize the network whilell in the current configuration because whether I do this or my ISP does it, aren't they basically going to just reboot and reset the router into bridge mode? I would kind of think that would erase everything anyway which is fine because when this is all said and done with, I'm gonna have to reconnect all of my devices in my home directly to my Netgear router.
So after they reconfigure my ISP router to modem/bridge mode, can I literally just reboot and reset my Netgear router back into regular router mode, reconnect the ethernet cable, and only have to do simple changes like what to name my SSIDs, whether or not, I want to enable smart connect, custom 5G or 2.4 G broadcast channels and other various customizable settings? You know, about like the same thing you would do once you factory reboot this router and say you were replacing the ISP router with this one?
The reason why I'm asking this is because earlier today when I called and spoke to Netgear support, they wouldn't tell me much because I refuse to pay for support on a device Ive already paid for but the one thing they did say was that there would have to be certain specific settings made and that basically I couldn't just reboot my router back to factory default settings, plug it back into the output of my ISP router and expect it to work.
