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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! :)
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.
duckware wrote:
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).
That should surprise no one. Even if the manual was correct to begin with, Netgear has a habit of changing things during production.
The illustration I am looking at, dated December 2017, clearly has a dual-purpose port labelled LAN4/Ethernet WAN on the back.
The Technical Specifications also refer to:
WAN One RJ-45 port supporting 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-T
The data sheet also refers to:
Gigabit Ethernet WAN port provides universal compatibility with any Internet service.
Thank you michaelkenward you are correct that I have one port hat is called LAN 4/Ehternet WAN. I do not have a red port called Internet.
Thank you duckware for also helping me.
I appreciate both of your kind responses as I was confusd about how I was going to get this to work. I had searched the Netgear community page for help before I asked the question and couldn't find an answer.
So what I will do is once I get the cable modem installed today (tech will be out this afternoon) I will connect the cable modem with an ethernet cable to the LAN4/Ethernet WAN port and see what happens! Hopefully it will convert automatically. I'll let you know.
Nittany24 wrote:
So what I will do is once I get the cable modem installed today (tech will be out this afternoon) I will connect the cable modem with an ethernet cable to the LAN4/Ethernet WAN port and see what happens!
That should work just fine. The manuals for Netgear's DSL modem/routers all seem to offer this router only mode. They just differ slightly in how to go about it. Many modem/routers has a standalone WAN port rather than a dual purpose WAN/LAN port.
In that way, the Internet bypasses the modem bit of the D7000. When I have played around with a D6400 modem/router in that mode, I didn't have to do anything.
One thing to bear in mind, the D7000 makes it connection through the new modem, and it needs to negotiate its settings during the boot phase. This means that you should start the D7000 after the new modem has established its Internet connection. So start the network in the correct order:
Be sure to restart your network in this sequence:- Turn off and unplug modem.
- Turn off router and computers.
- Plug in and turn on modem. Wait 2 minutes for it to connect.
- Turn on the router and wait 2 minutes for it connect.
- Turn on computers and rest of network.
And get the modem sorted out before you add the D7000. It isn't always easy to get back into its management interface when the router is in charge of managing the local network.
- Ok. I think I will make sure the cable modem works with my laptop directly connected to it before I introduce the D7000v2. Once I verify everything works in that environment, I will disconnect my laptop from the cable modem, and then power off the modem and then I will follow the steps you previously mention about booting up in that particular sequence. Thank you!