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HELP PLEASE - Netgear WNDR 4500 N900 - Internet LED Not lit?
I have recently acquired a Netgear WNDR4500v1 N900 from Ebay as an upgrade to my current Netgear WNDR3700v4. My broadband provider is Virgin Media and I have the HUB3 router, it is set so wifi is tu...
mpc28 wrote:
My question is this, does the newer router require a certain type of ethernet cable to operate or do you think the router is just broken/malfunctioning?
No and probably Yes.
A cable that works with one router will work with another one, especially as we are talking about a pair of dinosaurs.
The WNDR3700v4 (2015) is a bit younger than the WNDR4500v1 (2013). As you have already been told, the main difference between them is in the slightly better N900 wifi in the WNDR4500, rather than the N600 in the WNDR3700v4.
If it is just the Internet LED that refuses to behave, either the thing is bust or your setup is wrong in some way.
My broadband provider is Virgin Media and I have the HUB3 router, it is set so wifi is turned off
That does not disable the router in the Hub 3. In any case, that would mean that you have worse wifi than the Virgin hub delivers.
Your arrangement could also land you in tricky territory that has tripped up many people.
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