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RAX 75 Connect to Fire Stick
My router and fire stick aren't playing well together. When I link up to my poor excuse of a Wifi ISP router everything works fine with the exception of the very slow speed and quality. When I use ...
Thank you michaelkenward. Yes the ISP’s modem is also wireless router but are never great for coverage of entire home. I will try the other forum you noted, I’ve also found that smart TV’s from Samsung also not working. This is weird given I have access to same sites from phones.
RickHawkeye wrote:
Thank you michaelkenward. Yes the ISP’s modem is also wireless router but are never great for coverage of entire home.
Not sure what that means. The ISP's device isn't good enough for wifi?
The problems you see are not helped if you have two routers.
Two routers on your network can cause headaches. For example, you can end up with local address problems. Among other things, the other router can misdirect addresses that the Netgear router usually handles, such as routerlogin.net or the usual IP address for a router, 192.168.1.1.
This explains some of the other drawbacks.
What is Double NAT? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Unless you have specific reasons for using two routers, it is often easier to use just one router and then to set up the second router as a wifi access point. Netgear advises this, as does just about every site you will visit.
It may be possible to put the modem/router into modem only (bridge) mode and then to use the second device as the router.Sometimes it is easier to put the second router into AP mode. But that has its own drawbacks:
Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR Support