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reneegdouglas
Feb 15, 2022Tutor
Nighthawk C7800 X4S cable modem router combo
How do you turn off the router portion of this combo? This router does not provide parental controls, which we need. In order to gain parental controls we were advised by netgear IT, to purchase a c...
plemans
Feb 15, 2022Guru - Experienced User
follow this guide
https://kb.netgear.com/27191/How-to-set-the-cable-modem-router-to-be-on-modem-only
reneegdouglas
Feb 15, 2022Tutor
We tried this and do not have "router mode" under advanced then administration.
- plemansFeb 15, 2022Guru - Experienced User
click the administration tab on the left and not the advanced setup tab you hit.
- reneegdouglasFeb 15, 2022Tutor
Thought I replied to this but I don't see my response. We tried this before posting for help and do not have the router option there either.
- plemansFeb 15, 2022Guru - Experienced User
Not sure why the option isn't there. I know its in that location on my C7000 and CAX80.
You can try just disabling its wifi and putting the new routers IP address into the C7800's dmz.
- FURRYe38Feb 16, 2022Guru - Experienced User
Whats listed under NAT Mode?
I wanna say this is probably it. I'd have pull my C7800 out and check it...
reneegdouglas wrote:
We tried this and do not have "router mode" under advanced then administration.
- reneegdouglasFeb 17, 2022Tutor
Here's what we see under "nat"...
- FURRYe38Feb 17, 2022Guru - Experienced User
Unselect that check box the apply.