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Does buying a modem affect the need of a Netgear nighthawk router
Hey,
I’m buying a Netgear modem and I currently have a nighthawk router. The main reason I got into all this is because my home WiFi is under too much pressure from other devices so I can’t game without serious lag with it hence why I’m now using a Netgear router. I have a PS4 and my main question is can I plug a lan cable from the modem into my PS4 without the router or is the router still a necessity.
I’m buying a Netgear modem and I currently have a nighthawk router. The main reason I got into all this is because my home WiFi is under too much pressure from other devices so I can’t game without serious lag with it hence why I’m now using a Netgear router. I have a PS4 and my main question is can I plug a lan cable from the modem into my PS4 without the router or is the router still a necessity.
> I'm buying a Netgear modem and I currently have a nighthawk router.
Actual model numbers would be more helpful than ambiguous/vague
descriptions.
> [...] can I plug a lan cable from the modem into my PS4 without the
> router or is the router still a necessity.
Generally, you can connect at most one device direvtly to a modem,
either an actual client device or a NAT router. "other devices"
suggests that you wouldn't be satisfied with one client device.
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> I'm buying a Netgear modem and I currently have a nighthawk router.
Actual model numbers would be more helpful than ambiguous/vague
descriptions.
> [...] can I plug a lan cable from the modem into my PS4 without the
> router or is the router still a necessity.
Generally, you can connect at most one device direvtly to a modem,
either an actual client device or a NAT router. "other devices"
suggests that you wouldn't be satisfied with one client device.- Thank you that helps a lot. The reason I didn’t go into detail on what modem I was buying and what router is because I didn’t think it mattered for this question as I was just wondering whether or not you can plug a lan cable from a PS4 to a modem.
Thanks
Your footer says D6100. If you own one of those it is a modem-router that may or may not work with another modem.
> My setup is basically a PS4 pro and a nighthawk router and my home
> WiFi but that's not the WiFi I use for my PS4. [...]
> My home WiFi just uses the router provided by my provider.
Not a useful description of anything.
> [...] then I'm going to set it all up properly
Perhaps, but so far, the more you explain, the less sense it all
makes. It might help if you would provide a list of your equipment
(current and planned), and an accurate description of what is connected
to what.
