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install R7000 router w/o a smartphone
Is there a way of installing a nighthawk router without using a smart phone. Yes! I'm the last smartphone hold out:)
Glad you got it working. Please mark your thread as solved so others will know. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/24231/How-do-I-back-up-the-router-configuration-settings-on-my-Nighthawk-router
Enjoy. 📡
You can also use a wired connection into the router from a PC to get it up and running.
I don't have port to connect it to.
joet327 wrote:
I don't have port to connect it to.
In which case, if the phone app fails you, do as plemans suggests and use a browser on your phone.
The process is the same as a wired connection after you have connected the phone to the router's wifi. This is described in the manual. Read the section:
Use a Web Browser to Access the Router
Unfortunately, the current Installation Guide insists that the app is the only option. The original version was much more useful.
I don't have a phone
If you have a PC or laptop that doesn't have a ethernet port, they make USB to ethernet adapters that that inexpensive and easy to connect. Just maybe need one of these and the LAN cable.
joet327 wrote:
I don't have port to connect it to.
FURRYe38 wrote:
If you have a PC or laptop that doesn't have a ethernet port, they make USB to ethernet adapters that that inexpensive and easy to connect. Just maybe need one of these and the LAN cable.
joet327 wrote:
I don't have port to connect it to.
Another alternative for someone in that boat – PC without Ethernet – would be to buy a USB wifi adapter.