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N300 trek pr2000 can not get any connections at all. Need simple help to set up
Hello, I'm pretty computer and networking savvy, have set up all sorts of networks and home routers and wifi in the past with no problems. Got this Netgear Trek N300 PR2000 as a present thinking ...
The unit seems to be faulty.
When you toggle the button to "Wired" then it should provide you an IP address.
In your case it doesn't and since you already reset the unit I suggest that you get it replaced.
Here is the support page for the pr2000 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/PR2000.aspx#docs
From what i saw the unit has a slide switch on wired-power off-wireless do you have this switch to the mode you need it?
I've gotten the docs and read them. It's not clear to me which way to even use the switch to do what I want to do, or even get into the device.
I see a part where you connect the computer to the internet port, and another section to the LAN port.
As I said in my original post, I've connected to both, with switch in both positions and get nothing.
What SHOULD I get? I thought that at one switch setting, connected to one of the ethernet ports, I'd get an IP address so I could access the device via it's web server. If I'm reading correctly, the default is 192.168.1.1 for the N300. I even tried manually setting my ip address to 192.168.1.10 but still couldn't access the device.
I need someone who's set one of these up successfully to give a quick review of what to plug where and then what to do.
I think the devices I have, one new out of the box, and another given me by someone who also couldn't set it up, are both bricks. But I want to know the above steps to try first.
Again, I've tried resetting the devices via the reset button, but nothing much seems to happen.
Thanks.
Here is the users manual http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/PR2000/PR2000_UM_Non-Cellular%20Version_09Apr2014.pdf
Connect a lan cable from the present network to the blue internet port of the pr2000, the pr2000 needs to be in ap(access point) mode refer to page 37 you will a computer connected to the lan port of the pr2000 to set it up.
The wireless wifi settings will need to set up as well refer to page 40 I would use wpa2 security standard on the wifi this where you can set the ssid the networks name and passsphrease the secret password to allow guess access to the network.
The baisc and wireless setup can be done when you set it as a access point there many more features just forget about them. They will only cause problems for you. You said you wanted a guess wifi network so keep it simple.
THANK YOU. NOW we're making progress.
(Sorry for long missive, I'm trying to be thorough)
I DO have the user manual, thanks.
Does this need to happen before it's plugged into the wall socket, or will after plugged in work?
1. Plug network cable into blue Internet/LAN port.
2. Plug computer network cable into the LAN port.
3. Plug PR2000 in to wall socket/power.
Then what, should my computer get an IP address from the PR2000 and I can go to www.routerlogin.net or www.routerlogin.com and I'll get the page?
Does it matter that I use a custom DNS (Google's 8.8.8.8), should I set that to get DNS from the DHCP server in the PR2000?
I'll try setting it to the latter and see what happens. Will let you know.
Keeping fingers crossed. Close, but I think something's working!
1. Connect network cable to blue Internet/LAN port.
2. Connect computer network cable to yellow LAN port.
3. Plug unit in (manual says it should always be in the off position when plugging in, not sure why but I did put switch in off position).
4. Put in Wireless position (not intuitive to me since it's connected only by wired connections)
NOTE: I first tried putting the switch in the wired position, thinking that would make sense since it's connected by wires, but got nothing.
5. Wait....
6. Got my IP address and can now browse the web, AND have settings from MY regular network router/DHCP server! YAY and THANKS!
OOPs, rats, that's apparently all it's doing at this point. It's just a pass through device allowing my computer to go through it to my router. It has no IP address I can see in my router's connections. When I go to either www.routerlogin.net or www.routerlogin.com I get a page that says:
You are not connected to your Router’s WiFi network. To access routerlogin.com, your device must be connected to your Router’s WiFi network. Check your current connection and try again.
I also tried directly to http://192.168.0.1 and http://192.168.1.1 but am not surprised at no connection since my home network uses a different 3rd octet subnet (33). Going to http://192.168.33.1 gets me to my home network router, not the netgear.
So I can browse the internet at this point THROUGH the unit, but can't connect to it in any way to do any setup. Again, this is with the switch in the Wireless position, I can't seem to do anything (no network or internet connection) if I put it in the Wired position.
What can I do next or what am I missing?
Thanks for all your help.
Rich