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How to configure multiple routers on the same network to report internet conectivity
Hi I have a medium sized network containing three wireless routers hardwired to an internet firewall/dhcp server. That provides connection to my ISP. Niether of the infrastructure routers report ...
Ignoring all the vague and condescending comments, that was a very useful and helpful response.
RTFM? seriously
Yes routers. According to 'cisco' a router is a device that receives and sends data on computer networks. As both wired and wireless functionality is in use they are routers.
My opinion of what's the latest firmware is also netgear's opinion. but if you're confused Visit http://netgear.com/support
I will be continuing to manage the routers statically, when you are working with 50+ wired/wireless devices, over 3 buildings, you need easily identifiable spheres of failure, to diagnose the problem from memory. Especially when something as simple as a bird can disrupt a P2P node between the buildings.
interfering with the mobile app and firmware updates. I was clear that both these operations required the routers to have active internet access so the can connect to and be connected to, from the internet. The firmware collection and installation agent fails because the router cannot see the netgear download servers. The app tries to register your router with your cloud account. If the home screen of the administration console says not connected to internet, neither function will work for a very fundamental reason.
My basic take away is that I have to track back 20 30 40 meters of cabling to find infrastructure only connections, an initial attempt on one of the routers resulted in a complete black out of wired and wireless connectivity for nearly an hour. so I need to get my cable testers out and be sure before randomly moving cables around again.
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Martin
Martin,
One Internet gateway/router and three additional routers? The receipt for a nightmare. You might have _four_ different networks, not just one.
Thix wrote:... these three routers are configured with static addresses and there is no obvious place to put a gateway address. ...
This tells me you are looking on a router LAN configuration, a router configured as NAT router. And it's unclear if/how the WAN/Internet port is connected - if at all. Because if these would be configured as wireless access points - this is the only way to get a single flat network - there is a configuration option for the router one and only management interface, it's IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, ...
Afraid, you need to provide much more information on the network configuration, on the wired connections, on the three router configuration, ... and probably of what you see and/or are looking for.
For the firmware update, connect from a computer to the LAN IP of the three routers, and handle it there.
No idea if/how the Nighthawk App does support routers in AP mode. If they do, if each of the routers is registered to the Netgear cloud, all three show up individually, and you can select each router individually in the App.
Regards,
-Kurt