Need help to activate my router replacement from one NETGEAR Nighthawk AC1900 R7000 to exact same 1.

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diosdannyrocio wrote:

Got a new one but I can't seem to activate it. Again, don't the exact phraseology. 

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The "phraseology", as you put it, is important.

You don't need to "activate" the router to get it to work. Just follow the instrctions.

If you have saved the settings from your original R7000 you should be able to load them on to the new router. (This does not work between different models.)

I say should because a lot depends on the firmware version. There have been many releases over the 10 years life of that device. Really old ones may not be compatible with something as basic is the Nighthawk app.

If the dead one was up to date, fine.

Again, it doesn't count as activation, but some services may depend on establishing a link from the router to Netgear's cloud services. There you may need to Register the new router with MyNetgear. If you did that with the old router you should see it listed there.

If you are talking about using a particular VPN, that may need activation, but that has nothing to do with Netgear and is something that you need to work out with whoever provided that VPN. There are lots of them out there and they may differ in their ways of working. Nothing much anyone here can do for you.

Disclaimer: Just another user with time on their hands.