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How to access admin console of D8500 after changing device mode to "Modem only"?
Hi All I have a Nighthawk X8 D8500 (router/modem) which I use in "modem" device mode. The problem I have is that after changing to this device mode - there seems to be no way to interface with th...
I solved the issue by doing the following:
- connected PC to D8500 wifi
- manually configured PC IP on wifi adapter to be on the same address range as the router (eg. router was 192.168.0.1 so set PC to 192.168.0.2
- browsed to 192.168.0.1 from PC to access admin web console
so quite straight forward really. worth mentioning I tried using ethernet to connect to router from PC, manually configuring LAN adapter - but it wouldn't connect!
going forward, I will use the wifi button on the front of the D8500 to enable wfi should I ever need to connect to the admin console.
> This release mentions that the update "enables modem mode"
"Supports Modem mode on firmware" suggests to me that the option was
added, not that it was selected. That is, at least, consistent with its
absence from the Uswr Manual.
> is that over ethernet connection to a specific port, or wireless?
> [...]
Shouldn't matter. Nor should the IP address/subnet of the computer.
I can believe that it's exclusive to the DM200.
> [...] I can still see the wireless SSID of the D8500 even tho its in
> modem mode, [...]
Sounds like a bug. (Also not amazing, sad to say.)
I solved the issue by doing the following:
- connected PC to D8500 wifi
- manually configured PC IP on wifi adapter to be on the same address range as the router (eg. router was 192.168.0.1 so set PC to 192.168.0.2
- browsed to 192.168.0.1 from PC to access admin web console
so quite straight forward really. worth mentioning I tried using ethernet to connect to router from PC, manually configuring LAN adapter - but it wouldn't connect!
going forward, I will use the wifi button on the front of the D8500 to enable wfi should I ever need to connect to the admin console.