We still don't know enough. I can see now that the "name" that you gave the new router may not be the SSID. When setting up a new router you also have the option to change the name is displays in file manager when you browse your network.

Look at the section Change the Router’s Device Name in the manual

There is a manual for the R8000 somewhere at the end of this link:

>>>>> R8000 | Product | Support | NETGEAR <<<<<

If this is the Device Name we are talking about, you should be able to get in and change it as instructed.

sjm2 wrote:

How can I verify that I am connecting to the new Netgear router?

Connecting how? LAN? Wifi? Probably wifi, but who knows?

Back to basics, why are you running two routers? Is "the old Verizon router" your modem connection to the Internet? If so, is it really a modem/router or just a modem? (People sometimes confuse these things and you haven'l told us a model number for the Verizon, so we are left guessing.)

The questions about the Verizon router may be important in trying to unravel exactly what is happening on our network.

An easy way to test which wifi sources you see could be to turn them off. The R8000 has a WiFi On/Off button on the top. Maybe the anonymous Verizon box does too.

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