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My demo used Nighthawk R7000 places all connected devices in completely wrong geographical location!
Hi, I bought a Nighthawk R7000 from Amazon.com. It was demo used and shipped by a Amazon seller, not Amazon.com themselves. When I got it it turned out it was registered with someone else. Netgea...
This is not so much about the location of the public IP address. It's about the router's MAC address. See https://community.netgear.com/t5/R6000-Series-AC-WiFi-Routers/6200-Uses-old-location/m-p/426980#M2982 for more details.
Hi,
It was factory reset when I got it. It had the deault settings. I also upgraded the firmware to the latest. Maybe I should try to factory reset it myself and restore my settings? Where would those location settings be stored in the router?
I poked around in the forums also and found that I am not the only one with this problem: https://community.netgear.com/t5/R6000-Series-AC-WiFi-Routers/6200-Uses-old-location/m-p/426980#M2982
See my response in the other thread. Blame smartphones and Wi-Fi positioning.
This is a simple geo location issue because when you hooked up a new device (R7000) your isp was forced to give you a new public IP address that don't match your actual location this is not uncommon. Not much you can do about it as its not something your isp can fix for you in time it will straighten itself out. In the mean time it's a pain in the butt.
This is not so much about the location of the public IP address. It's about the router's MAC address. See https://community.netgear.com/t5/R6000-Series-AC-WiFi-Routers/6200-Uses-old-location/m-p/426980#M2982 for more details.
TheEther wrote:This is not so much about the location of the public IP address. It's about the router's MAC address. See https://community.netgear.com/t5/R6000-Series-AC-WiFi-Routers/6200-Uses-old-location/m-p/426980#M2982 for more details.
Yes. Very strange issue though. Normally when i see post like this it's most times related to a IP address change. Thanks for the correction. :smileyhappy:
