Does this router require a modem?

It depends on your Internet service.How does the Internet connection get into your property? Cable and DSL certainly need a modem of some sport. If you have an Internet service that comes with a LAN port, then maybe not.

I have a plusnet modem,acording to instructions when I took delivery of my nighthaw I connect first with erthernet then reboot my nighthawk then use netgear genie or go to routerlogin.com,or routerlogin.net but for some reason I cannot bring the page up.

whizz wrote: I have a plusnet modem,acording to instructions when I took delivery of my nighthaw I connect first with erthernet then reboot my nighthawk then use netgear genie or go to routerlogin.com,or routerlogin.net but for some reason I cannot bring the page up. Plusnet, aka, BT, usually supplies modem/routers. (Does it do wifi and several Ethernet ports?) That is probably why your attempts to set up the RAX35 don't work. If it is anything like BT's box Plusnet's thing is a pig that, unlike some modem/routers, will not play nicely in modem-only mode. The easiest way out is to put the RAX35 into access point mode. The problem there is that you then lose some features. Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR Support But if your aim is to get decent wifi, it should work. The Plusnet forum if there is one, may have other ideas. In my case, I have several BT Homehubs that are still in their shrinkwrap. I had a D6400 Netgear modem/router but that didn't work well as the front end of a decent router. So I switched to a Netgear DM200 DSL modem.Sadly, these seem to have vanished from the market, although you can get "open box" supplies in the usual places. (DSL modem only devices are now hard to come by.) I bought one recently because I have a second DSL line.

thankyou very much for your reply,still trying to get the nighthawk going will work with erthernet but not wireless but I will keep trying.

whizz wrote: thankyou very much for your reply,still trying to get the nighthawk going will work with erthernet but not wireless but I will keep trying. Well, which bit of the advice you received have you tried? And what happened?

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michaelkenward
Guru
Nov 29, 2019
It depends on your Internet service.How does the Internet connection get into your property?

Cable and DSL certainly need a modem of some sport.

If you have an Internet service that comes with a LAN port, then maybe not.
whizz
Aspirant
May 14, 2020
I have a plusnet modem,acording to instructions when I took delivery of my nighthaw I connect first with erthernet then reboot my nighthawk then use netgear genie or go to routerlogin.com,or routerlogin.net but for some reason I cannot bring the page up.
- michaelkenward
  Guru
  May 14, 2020
  whizz wrote:
  
  I have a plusnet modem,acording to instructions when I took delivery of my nighthaw I connect first with erthernet then reboot my nighthawk then use netgear genie or go to routerlogin.com,or routerlogin.net but for some reason I cannot bring the page up.
  
  Plusnet, aka, BT, usually supplies modem/routers. (Does it do wifi and several Ethernet ports?) That is probably why your attempts to set up the RAX35 don't work.
  
  If it is anything like BT's box Plusnet's thing is a pig that, unlike some modem/routers, will not play nicely in modem-only mode.
  
  The easiest way out is to put the RAX35 into access point mode. The problem there is that you then lose some features.
  
  Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR Support
  
  But if your aim is to get decent wifi, it should work.
  
  The Plusnet forum if there is one, may have other ideas.
  
  In my case, I have several BT Homehubs that are still in their shrinkwrap. I had a D6400 Netgear modem/router but that didn't work well as the front end of a decent router. So I switched to a Netgear DM200 DSL modem.Sadly, these seem to have vanished from the market, although you can get "open box" supplies in the usual places. (DSL modem only devices are now hard to come by.) I bought one recently because I have a second DSL line.
  - whizz
    Aspirant
    May 15, 2020
    thankyou very much for your reply,still trying to get the nighthawk going will work with erthernet but not wireless but I will keep trying.

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