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Trying to get all Devices on Router in the same Network
The interface provided here on the Netgear Community won't let me put the correct router model number in the Model number section so here are my router's detailed titles:
Netgear
Nighthawk AX6
AX4300
Model# RAX45
I'm running into an issue with my direct-wired devices and my wireless devices being on separate Networks. I have provided a network title for the wireless network and all of my wireless devices are connecting to that network just fine. My wired devices are creating their own network title by themselves and they are not seen on the wireless network by my other wireless devices. I never set up more than one network so I'm not entirely sure why this problem is happening? Other routers I have owned in the past never had this problem I could connect several devices wired and wireless to previous routers I have owned in the past and all the devices would all automatically connect to the same network. Perhaps things have been changing on how routers recognize wired and wireless devices in the last 5-6 years. It appears that this brand Netgear does things differently than Linksys.
So long story short how do I make it so all devices that are connected to this router wired or wireless stay on the same network?
4 Replies
> Model# RAX45
Firmware version? Connected to what? Is there any other
(modem+)router involved?> [...] I have provided a network title for the wireless network [...]
Do you mean the SSID, or what? Where, exactly did you "provide" this
"network title"?Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual (at least). Read. Does Netgear
have names for these things ("network title")?> [...] My wired devices are creating their own network title [...]
Where, exactly do you see _this_ "network title"?
> [...] they are not seen on the wireless network by my other wireless
> devices. [...]
"seen" how, exactly?I don't know what any of this means. It does not say what you did.
It does not say what happened when you did it. As usual, showing actual
actions (commands) with their actual results (error messages, LED
indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vague descriptions or
interpretations.> [...] I'm not entirely sure why this problem is happening? [...]
I'd settle for _what_ is happening, as a start.
What are the IP addresses of a few of these devices?
Firmware Version: V1.0.2.82_2.0.50
All devices are connect to Router that I mentioned. The devices are either connected by a wired connection or a wireless connection.
There is still only one Router, again, it is the router I mentioned initially.
I created the network title using the Router's software which was included in the Router when I bought it at CostCo.
Again, the network works fine for any wireless devices connected to the same and only router in question. Only the wired devices are having problems as they show up as being on seperate networks
The wired devices that are connected to the router, appear as Network 2 and Network 3. There are only two wired devices.To be more clear I'll explain it in simple terms that hopefully you can understand:
#1 I connected the main internet wire that comes from the equipment that our Internet Service Provider gave us into the back of the only Router that I have been talking about the entire time. It was Connected to the port titled Internet, again on the back of the only Router I have mentioned.
#2 I connected a seperate Ethernet Cable to the back of the Router in the port titled 1 which cable connects to my first wired device.
#3 I connected another seperate Ethernet Cable to the back of the Router in the port titled 2 which cable connects to my second wired device.
#4 I plugged the router in so that the router would get electricity and could function.
#5 I went into the router software and then set up the wireless network so I could then also connect my wireless devices.
#6 After doing this I attempted to connect my wireless device to see if they were getting bandwidth. I discovered that they were all working properly.
#7 I attempted to use application on some of my wireless devices to screenshare to some of the devices on the router but they gave me an error message telling me that the wired devices (that are currently wired to this router of which I am talking about) were not on the same network.
#8 After I was unable to get my wired devices to be recognized on the Network that I initially created within the Netgear Software that is when I decided to create on account here on the Netgear Community to ask for help because the $220.00 Router I purchased is not putting all of my connected devices on the same network.I would like all devices connected to this router to be on the same network.
The router in question is the router in the photo that I have included.
The ONLY Router in Question
> I created the network title [...]
Which one?
> [...] using the Router's software which was included in the Router
> when I bought it at CostCo.I don't know what "the Router's software" means to you, or what you
might have done with it. Inventing your own technical terms is not
conducive to good communication.> Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
> for Documentation. Get the User Manual (at least). Read. [...]Did you?
> [...] Does Netgear have names for these things ("network title")?
Still wondering.
> [...] Only the wired devices are having problems as they show up as
> being on seperate networksYour descriptions of your actual actions and actual results might be
much more helpful than your conclusions based thereon.> The wired devices that are connected to the router, appear as Network
> 2 and Network 3. [...]I still have no idea where you see these names.
> Where, exactly do you see _this_ "network title"?
Still a mystery. Which part of "Where, exactly" was unclear? At
what, exactly, are you looking when you see one of these names?> [...] the equipment that our Internet Service Provider gave us [...]
With my weak psychic powers, I can't see it. Has any of it a maker
and model number? How, exactly, is it connected to the RAX45?
> To be more clear I'll explain it in simple terms that hopefully you
> can understand:I don't need your version of "clear" or "simple". What I need is
well-defined and unambiguous, as if I couldn't see what you're doing, or
seeing. Which I can't. Hence the questions.> #7 I attempted to use application on some of my wireless devices to
> screenshare to some of the devices on the router but they gave me an
> error message telling me that the wired devices (that are currently
> wired to this router of which I am talking about) were not on the same
> network."use" _how_, exactly? _Which_ "application", exactly? What,
exactly, was that "an error message"? As usual, a quotation would be
more helpful than your summary. Copy+paste is your friend.> What are the IP addresses of a few of these devices?
Still a mystery.
> [...] Router I purchased is not putting all of my connected devices on
> the same network. [...]If you'd answer the questions (look for "?"), then someone else might
be able to puzzle out what you mean by that. Simply repeating it does
not help.> [...] the photo that I have included.
I can't (yet) see your picture. In-line images must be approved by a
moderator before others can see them. The time required varies.
Attachments have no such limitation. Of course, attachments have their
own one-per-message limitation.If all it shows is the exterior of an RAX45, then you needn't have
bothered. If it answers any of the pending questions, then it might be
useful.