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My phone can’t connect to the R6020-router
Hi! I bought my router back in 2019 and used it for about two months and haven’t used it since. Now I wanna use in my new apartment but can’t get it to connect to my phone despite all the symbols bein...
Thanks for the info! I’ve tried to find the feature where I can enable it manually according to the manual you linked but my phone can’t find the router and the wifiname isn’t in the list of wifis so I can’t manually enable the private IP-address. And I don’t have the ability to do it through my computer so I have to do it through the app. Do you think it matters I’ve set it up once before or is my phone the only issue?
Just an FYI, the R6020 isn't gigabit-capable. Its on fast ethernet so 10/100mbps capable. If your apartment has faster speeds, it'll bottleneck you. Its a super basic router and family ancient.
plemans wrote:
Just an FYI, the R6020 isn't gigabit-capable. Its on fast ethernet so 10/100mbps capable. If your apartment has faster speeds, it'll bottleneck you. Its a super basic router and family ancient.
I wasn't going to bring that up until Elliesne had worked out how to connect the thing.
The puzzle is that Netgear sold something like that as recently as 2017.
Anyone with an Internet connection faster than 100 Mbps is wasting money with that thing.
michaelkenward Not sure if its netgear still selling it or old stock sitting on shelves. I've found some pretty old devices still selling for top dollar in my area. A bit scary to someone WILL buy it and then complain that its generations out of date.
plemans wrote:
michaelkenward Not sure if its netgear still selling it or old stock sitting on shelves.
What I said was that is was puzzling that Netgear sold this thing in 2017, when it was first released.
In other words, the technology was well out of date long before it left the factory.
