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plasmabolt007
Feb 11, 2025Initiate
Netgear nighthawk cm1200 question
Hello everyone. I had a power outage and need to make sure my settings are good on my nighthawk cm1200. I am trying to confirm it is set for dynamic IP. The netgear genie has very little options and ...
plemans
Feb 12, 2025Guru - Experienced User
While the CM1200 has 4x ethernet ports, most (not all) ISP's only support a single connected device.
So if you have the tplink you're trying to connect and have something else connected to the modem, disconnect everything, power everything off, then power on the modem (wait a couple minutes), plug in the router and power it on (wait a few minutes), then go through internet setup on the router.
plasmabolt007
Feb 12, 2025Initiate
Thank you to both of you. I was trying to get it going for 3 hours last night after an internet power outage and was about to go buy a new cable router. It works now. Its Alive!
- plemansFeb 12, 2025Guru - Experienced User
glad you got it working!
Might mark it solved so others aren't still trying to fix it.
What actually fixed it? (so the next person might know)