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Can I repurpose a Nighthawk DSL Modem as a Wifi Router attached to by Cable Modem?
I currently have a Nighthawk D7000v2 VDSL/ADSL Modem Router. My DSL service connects to it and then it also is used as my wireless router. I am changing over to Cable and have purchased a Netgear C...
I stand corrected!!! I got it to work. I choose "Other" and then went to the page and selected the Must use Ethernet WAN as you had previously instructed. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU! :)
You can repurpose the D700v2 as an Access Point, but not as a router to your new modem.
duckware wrote:
You can repurpose the D700v2 as an Access Point, but not as a router to your new modem.
I am not convinced that this is the case.
The earlier answer may have been user hostile, which is par for the course, but it is on the right lines. Read the bit in the manual:
Set Up the Modem Router for Cable or Fiber Service
It says there:
You can install your modem router for cable or fiber (Ethernet WAN) service or for DSL service. If you use a cable or fiber modem, follow the procedure that is described in this section.
This is what the Internet/WAN port is there for on the back.
OK, so the illustrations in the manual are wrong (do not match the real physical router)!? The illustrations show no internet port (only a DSL port).
So, IF you see a read jack labeled "internet' on the back of your device, connect that to your new cable modem, and hopefully it will work.
Nittany24, does your D7000v2 have a red internet port on it?
Well, this is all one big mess. According to photos Netgear itself submitted to the FCC for the D7000 (PY315200306) and the D7000v2 (PY316400356), the D7000 HAS a red internet port, but the D7000v2 does NOT have a red internet port.
D7000v2:
Label: https://fccid.io/PY316400356/Label/Label-Sample-and-Label-Location-Information-3358702.pdf
External: https://fccid.io/PY316400356/External-Photos/External-Photos-3358694.pdf#page=2
D7000:
Label: https://fccid.io/PY315200306/Label/ID-Label-Location-Information-pdf-2624639.pdf#page=2
External: https://fccid.io/PY315200306/Internal-Photos/Internal-Photos-pdf-2624640.pdf#page=1
