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pellway
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Jan 04, 2020
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R6300 will only allow one device to connect

I have a problem with most of my devices not allows to connect wirelessly to my router. I returned home from vacation and nothing could get wifi. I hard reset the router, and then the modem and router...
  • antinode's avatar
    antinode
    Jan 04, 2020

    > [...] I hard reset the router, and then the modem and router, [...]

     

       What, exactly, does "hard reset" mean to you?  Visit
    http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look for
    Documentation.  Get the User Manual.  Read.  Look for "reset".  Did you
    cycle the power, or reset the settings, or what?

     

    > Modem is a Motorola Surfboard SBG66580

     

       That's a "gateway" (modem+router), not a simple modem.  Before you
    started "resetting" all these devices, was the SBG66580 configured as a
    modem-only ("bridge mode), or was the R6300v2 configured as a wireless
    access point?  (Or were you cascading multiple routers, which is
    generally a poor idea?)

     

       Are all your devices connected wirelessly?  Have you tried connecting
    anything directly to the SBG66580?

     

    > I can log in to my admin [...]


       And what do you see when you do that?  Any basic information might be
    useful (compared with what we've seen so far).  ADVANCED > ADVANCED
    Home?