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Fed up with Netgear ANY router
There was a time, up until the purchase of this router almost a year ago or so, I swear by Netgear, still have the old archaic Netgear wifi, REAL old. This [RAX80], I had high hopes, and it has been...
> 2. Refuses to maintain assigned IP to devices.
Generally, it's more helpful to describe actual actions/results,
rather than attribute an attitude to an inanimate device. How, exactly,
does a router "refuse" to do anything? Does it emit an error message
(some place) like "I refuse to do that!"? "fail" and "refuse" are
spelled differently for a reason.Do you mean that devices with Address Reservations get some wrong
addresses?> 4. Assigns duplicate IPs constantly.
"constantly" or "repeatedly"?
The most common reason for either of those DHCP problems is the
presence of another DHCP server on the LAN. Firmware defects in Netgear
routers are common enough, but problems like those are seldom caused by
the router.
For example, occasionally, some Internet-of-Junk gizmo with a
"hotspot" mode might leave its built-in DHCP server running after it's
been configured, and has joined your LAN. A misconfigured Raspberry Pi
computer is another potential culprit. As usual, many things are
possible.One test would be to disable the DHCP server in the RAX80, and see if
devices still manage to get IP parameters (from some other DHCP server).
> 1. Flaky all the time, losing connection to devices.Not a very detailed description of anything. "connection" between
device and router? "connection" between device and Internet?> 3. NOT the speed I expected!
That's fine for a rant, but not a useful description of anything.
The non-psychics in your audience might know very little about "the
speed [you] expected", or the speed you observed, or how you measured
it.Other basic useful info would include the router's firmware version,
and identification of what's connected to the router's WAN/Internet
port.> I'm fed up, I'm done with Netgear!
This is primarily a _user_ forum. Tell someone who cares?
> It assigned those devices [...]
"It"? How did you decide where "those devices" got their addresses?
> No other DCHP running. [...]
You determined this how, exactly?
> One test would be to disable the DHCP server in the RAX80, and see if
> devices still manage to get IP parameters (from some other DHCP server).
Are you reading any of this, or are you just "knowing" things?
> [...] I DO have a small (by necessesity, not by choice) wifi plugged
> in but it's in bridge mode. [...]
I don't know what your (unspecified) "a small [...] wifi" might be,
or how it's connected to anything, or how it's configured, or what
"bridge mode" means to you.
> [...] I really don't want to disable DHCP on the RAX80, unless I can
> get some quite time for a day or so, to find out if there is another
> DHCP out there.
I'd expect the whole test to be done in a few minutes.
> It's a Spectrum Arris TG1682 [...]
"TG1682G"? That seems to be a modem+router, not a simple "modem".
Cascading multiple NAT routers can cause multiple problems.
> [...] running at 100Mbps (RAX80 reports 83.36Mbps), [...]
You obtained those speeds how, exactly?
> Obiously you don't [...]
Many things seem to be obvious to you, which are not obvious to me.
For example, you seem to have a TG1682G (modem+router), an RAX80
(router), and some mysterious/unspecified "a small [...] wifi" (possibly
a router). Perhaps _you_ can see how you connected and configured all
those devices, but, with my weak psychic powers, I can't. With all
those routers, each of which could be running a DHCP server, I have no
idea how many independent DHCP servers you might be running where.
Based on no actual information, I'd guess that you tied all these
devices together in some confused way, and configured them
inappropriately, leading to a bunch of user-caused problems, for which
you blame the RAX80. Obviously, you know much more about this stuff
than I do, because I couldn't even begin to do blame assignment without
some basic information, including an accurate gizmo inventory, an
accurate and complete description of what's connected to what, and at
least some clues as to how all these gizmos are configured.
Regarding what's connected to what...
Hint: If a device has different types of ports, then "connected to
device" is not enough detail. IP networking is more complicated than
stringing together multiple sets of Christmas-tree lights, and requires
more care.
> [...] see attached jpg.
Your LAN appears to be badly configured. Presumably, "192.168.1.1"
is a duplicate, at which point all bets are off.
Rather than try to make any sense of your existing mess, it might be
more productive to power most of it down, disconnect everything, and
build a non-mess, starting with the TG1682G on its own. I assume that
it provides your ISP connection, and that it's configured as a
modem+router ("gateway").
Then, when that works, you might try adding the RAX80, which, if the
TG1682G is configured as a modem+router, should probably be configured
as a wireless access point.
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual (at least). Read. Look for
"Set up the router as a WiFi access point". (That should disable _its_
DHCP server.)
Because I know absolutely nothing about your (unspecified) "a small
[...] wifi", or why you want to use it, I wouldn't try to do anything
with it.
Since I sent you the last msg. I'v been trying to find my oooooold Netgear router, but no luck, just the adapter only, bummer. I KNOW it's somewhere LOL But, not important, just having fun!