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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.
William10a wrote: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?
That's one of the problems... :) I don't KNOW which I need. I'd really like to get to the unit's web interface to check settings, etc. Eventually, I want it in a mode where I can go to a hotel, plug it in, connect wirelessly to the unit, then have IT connect to the hotel's wifi and act as a router for me to it. This will allow more than one device (computer, phone, etc.) to connect even if they charge per device for wifi connections.
See my other post for details on what I've done and where I've gotten, and am stuck again at.
At least it doesn't seem to be bricked, yay! :)
Thanks,
Rich
The switch should be set for wired if you use a lan cable to connect to wired network wireless setting is for use as a wifi repeater.
In my previous messages, I've indicated that if I set it to wired, I get NOTHING. Please see other from me for details.
Just to be clear, when you access the GUI, I suggest that you access it through wired connection.
So if the computer you're using is capable of wireless, disable it for the meantime.
When it's connected through wired connection, your computer should be getting an IP address.
The IP address should be 192.168.1.1 or you may access the admin page through www.routerlogin.net.
Can you verify the IP address of the PC that you're using in accessing the page of the router?
Yup. To recap what I've already posted.
Unplugged unit
switched to OFF position
connected my network to blue Internet/LAN port
connected computer to LAN port (no wifi on this desktop computer)
plugged unit it.
If I set to Wireless, I apparently get a through link and get ip address from my other router (not the PR2000), and can browser the internet and my network the same as without it.
If I set it to Wired, I get nothing. No IP address at all.
This seems to be the problem. I _should_ be getting an IP of 192.168.1.something, but I'm not.
So how else can I diagnose this?
I think I've reset the unit several times with the button according to the manual on page 139:
" You can return the Trek to its factory settings. Use the end of a paper clip or a similar object
to press and hold the Reset button for at least seven seconds. The Trek resets, and returns
to the factory configuration settings shown in the following table."There's no instruction on if the unit should be set to off, wired, or wireless and nothing telling me what on the lights I should see, so I don't really know if it's working or when it's done, etc.
Any other ideas?
Thanks,
Rich