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Powerline 1200 not working with new R6700 router
Just finished installing a new Nighthawk R6700v3 router and my previously working Powerline 1200 won't work. I was running the Frontier provided Netgear D2200 as both a modem and a router and pluggi...
I was able to get the Powerline wifi transmitter (the destination unit with the rabbit ears) plug to work by moving to another outlet. Not sure why I had to do that as the previous outlet worked fine for over a year in conjuction with the Frontier supplied D2200. After that, however, we began losing the internet regularily (every hour or so) and by rebooting the D2000 first, then the Nighthawk, we'd have internet for another hour or so. This got to be too much to deal with so I disconnected the Nighthawk and turned the wifi radio back on the D2200. All is well again, but I have a $89 router sitting here that I'd rather not try and return to Amazon. I used the Nighthawk wizard when setting up, after turning off the wifi radio on the D2200 and I believe my connections are correct. The yellow cable is connecting the two via WAN. What I feel is strange is that the D2200 still has the blue internet light on when the Nighthawk is hooked up. By turning the wifi radio off I would think I'd only see the green DSL light. But what do I know?
Thanks!
I have lost track of what is going on in there. My first move with a new router would be to check that it has the latest firmware.
There is support for the R6700V3 at the end of this link:
>>>R6700V3 | Product | Support | NETGEAR<<<
If your router is in AP mode, as you said earlier, then it is a bit of a pointless toy for most purposes.
Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR Support
But the thing will not have got into AP mode unless you set it up that way. If it isn't in AP mode then it can clash with the existing modem/router, which is why I suggested getting that into modem only (bridge) mode.
hedotwo wrote:
The yellow cable is connecting the two via WAN.
I don't understand that. The WAN port on the router is there to connect it to the modem.
If the R6700V3 is in AP mode, the powerline "host" should probably be plugged into a LAN port on the modem.
No doubt I'm confusing. I'm not the greatest when it comes to networking and in the past have just used the modem/routers that are supplied from our ISP. I'll try and explain a bit better. The powerline issue is taken care of I believe. It was working fine (after figuring out, after resets not changing anything, that it was likely a problem with the outlet that the wifi broadcast unit was using) when using the Nighthawk and now again with only the D2200 router/modem. My problem then changed to continual loss of internet every hour or so. Everything worked fine as to performance it seemed, but we'd just lose internet every so often. I'd then reboot the modem and then the Nighthawk. Things would be good again for an hour or so then drop again. I thought I had the yellow cable installed correctly via the WAN ports (the Powerline cable was in a LAN port on the NIghthawk). I turned off the the wifi radio on the D2200 which I assumed then turned it into just a modem, but the blue internet light still was lit. Not sure how to "bridge" this D2200 as you suggest.
Thanks for your time!
hedotwo wrote:
I turned off the the wifi radio on the D2200 which I assumed then turned it into just a modem
Turning off the wifi does not disable the router.
I am not familiar with the D2200. I can't even find a manual. It may be something that Internet service providers supply to customers.
If you cannot put the D2200 into modem only mode, then you can put the R6700 into access point mode. You already mentioned that, but it isn't clear to me if you actually made that change.
The manual explains how to do it. See page 63.
The ISP provided DSL modem/router is a Netgear D2200D-1FRNAS. I am trying to use my Nighthawk R6700v3 as the router with the D2200D as the modem only. I have found pretty good directions online that explain how to place this unit into bridge mode, and I already know how to turn off the wifi on it. The directions online explain how to get into the advanced DSL settings of the D2200D to change the VC1 to bridge protocol. I'm clipping from the article I found: "Once you have logged into the route click on My Connected Home > Network Connections > Broadband (DSL) > PPPoE (edit)>VC1 Configuration click on the down arrow where Protocol is listed and select Bridge, click Apply. You have now placed the router in bridge mode." If this looks correct would I turn off the wifi first then put it into bridge mode, then hook up the R6700v3? What settings would I then put the Nighthawk into?
Thanks!
Good research.
hedotwo wrote:
If this looks correct would I turn off the wifi first then put it into bridge mode, then hook up the R6700v3? What settings would I then put the Nighthawk into?
No need to do anything with the R6700v3, but it might be worth a factory reset and starting from scratch.
The blue internet light on the D2200D will illuminate whether you are using it as a wireless router or not. The blue light is showing that it detects the internet is functioning. It has nothing to do with the broadcast.
I realize this is an older thread, but I found it this morning and did not want other users to be confused.