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No cables connected - New Nighthawk router
I just purchased a Netgear Nighthawk AX4200 5-stream WiFi6 router from walmart for about $200. I have internet through an ethernet port in my apartment wall, I've gone through the app set up and it'...
partugyan wrote:
I just purchased a Netgear Nighthawk AX4200 5-stream WiFi6 router from walmart for about $200.
Wild guess: This is a RAX43 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43 or a RAX43v2 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43v2 ?
partugyan wrote:
I have internet through an ethernet port in my apartment wall, I've gone through the app set up and it's telling me there's no cables connected.
The step by step instructions wanted me to plugin the nighthawk ethernet to my modems ethernet, but I dont have a modem, I just have the wall ethernet for internet, so I plugged it directly into the wall. The router says there are no cables connected.
Connect the apartment Internet connection to the Router WAN/Internet port https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RAX43/RAX42_RAX43_QSG_EN.pdf with the yellow marking shown as [F] on the image.
Correct community section for an AX router is Nighthawk With WiFi 6 (AX) And WiFi 6E (AXE) Routers to discuss Nighthawk (RAX and RAXE Series) router products.
Convinced DarrenM will move your post accordingly.