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Aug 11, 2017

AC 1900 cable modem and AC3200 x6 wifi router

My problem is that I try to connect my wifi router with my modem that I just bought but it is asking me to disable wifi gateway from my existing wifi which is the modem. How can I disable it so that I...

My problem is that I try to connect my wifi router with my modem that I just bought but it is asking me to disable wifi gateway from my existing wifi which is the modem. How can I disable it so that I can use my AC3200 x6 wifi router to its max.

Sr. NETGEAR Moderator

Aug 16, 2017

Hello magno

You modem should have a modem only mode or you would have to disable the DHCP server on the modem.

DarrenM