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Have BT hub6 just purchased R7000p
I’m very very new novice to this so please help . I have a BT hub 6 and want to connect my NETGEAR 7000P I bought on EBay, I’m struggling I’ve got orange flashing light on Netgear, I’ve basically just...
the bt hub has its own integrated router. it puts you in a double nat.
https://kb.netgear.com/30186/What-is-Double-NAT
Options? (only use 1)
1. put the bt hub in passthrough/modem only mode. contact your isp for help with this
2. put the netgears IP address into the bt hub's DMZ.
3. Put the netgear in ap (access point) mode. this disables its router functions.
plemans wrote:
Options? (only use 1)
1. put the bt hub in passthrough/modem only mode. contact your isp for help with this
Past experience with BT modems is that they go out of their way to make this impossible.
For help with the Hub 6, visit the BT self support group.
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I'd add option 4.
Fond a decent modem only box that works with your Internet service.