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Will Frontier 7550 modem work with netgar nighthawk xr500?
Hi guys I'm new here and I just want to know if frontier 7550 modem would be compatible with nighthawk xr500, my isp is frontier.
Thanks in advance!
Google throws up various options for " frontier 7550 modem", including a Netgear 7550.
I could spend more time chasing it, but maybe you can help. Frontier's site seems to go out of its way not to offer manuals.
Without having a proper link, it is hard to know if this is modem is also a router. If it has a row of LAN ports on the back, there is a good chance that it is a modem/router. In which case you could end up with two routers on your network.
Two routers on your network can cause headaches. For example, you can end up with local address problems. Among other things, the other router can misdirect addresses that the Netgear router usually handles, such as routerlogin.net or the usual IP address for a router, 192.168.1.1.
Unless you have specific reasons for using two routers – to create two separate networks for example – it is often easier to use just one router and then to set up the second router as a wifi access point. Netgear advises this, as does just about every site you will visit.
Sometimes it is possible to put the modem/router into modem only (bridge) mode and then to use the second device as the router. But some Internet service providers, such as BT in the UK, supply customers with a modem/router that just won't work in bridge mode. There may be ways to get the device to cooperate, but sometimes it is just easier to put the second router in AP mode. But that has its own drawbacks:
Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR Support
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Google throws up various options for " frontier 7550 modem", including a Netgear 7550.
I could spend more time chasing it, but maybe you can help. Frontier's site seems to go out of its way not to offer manuals.
Without having a proper link, it is hard to know if this is modem is also a router. If it has a row of LAN ports on the back, there is a good chance that it is a modem/router. In which case you could end up with two routers on your network.
Two routers on your network can cause headaches. For example, you can end up with local address problems. Among other things, the other router can misdirect addresses that the Netgear router usually handles, such as routerlogin.net or the usual IP address for a router, 192.168.1.1.
Unless you have specific reasons for using two routers – to create two separate networks for example – it is often easier to use just one router and then to set up the second router as a wifi access point. Netgear advises this, as does just about every site you will visit.
Sometimes it is possible to put the modem/router into modem only (bridge) mode and then to use the second device as the router. But some Internet service providers, such as BT in the UK, supply customers with a modem/router that just won't work in bridge mode. There may be ways to get the device to cooperate, but sometimes it is just easier to put the second router in AP mode. But that has its own drawbacks:
Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR Support