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Unable to establish upstream connection
Hi there, I recently moved into a college dorm and purchased a CM500 modem and a nighthawk R7000 router in the hopes of having a wifi connection. When I went to establish a connection with the CM500 i...
Nboudreau wrote:
Hi there, I recently moved into a college dorm
You have bought a cable modem. Most college folks who turn up here say that they get the internet over an ethernet connection.
Can you just plug a laptop or PC into the college internet? If that works, then you may get by with just the R7000 router.
Why not ask fellow students what they use to get some local wifi?