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NETGEAR Nighthawk R7000 WiFi Router - LAN gone
I wanted to set up my router for a Mixing board. I went to the settings on browser and updated the Mixer for the LAN IP address 10.10.2.1 The video I watched further stated to change the DHCP start...
Johndanese wrote:
Anyway I tried factory reset (I think that only resets the PW).
It actually wipes all settings that you have made on the device and puts it back to the factory defaults.
I can't see where you told people what device sits in front of this router as a connection to the Internet.
Johndanese wrote:
The screen shot shows the firmware version.
I recommend Alt+Print screen in Windows. Much easier than messing around with cameras.
Thank you.
I did do a reset -pushed Reset Pin in for 30 seconds, let router reboot. Unfortunately, the LAN options are still not available. When I went to “advanced” then chose “LAN Settings” I was able to look at the screen I uploaded and config it if needed.
That option is no longer available because when I click it the screen refreshes and does not go to the page to adjust LAN but displays a status page for - Wireless, Internet, USB, Parental controls. It does not display the LAN settings as before.
This router will not need to connect to the Internet. It is merely a wireless router to control the mixer and let band members connect wirelessly to adjust their monitors. The internal wireless router is usable but on a stage would sit down too low to be effective - the external router is recommended so it can be placed in a better line of sight for the devices. It will not have an internet connection.
I apologize for saying I “Think” it only resets passwords for access - but I drew the conclusion that it kept the news firmware, made me redo passwords and did NOT bring back the LAN settings adjustment screen.
It is pretty annoying and it is frustrating.
It ONLY comes down to this regardless of what application I was trying to do as I never continued the mixer connection:
I changed the “starting IP to .5 and on reboot the LAN options are gone.
So maybe o have too much info?
The question is why after changing the “starting IP” to .5 did the LAN options go away?
Thanks
I did do a reset -pushed Reset Pin in for 30 seconds, let router reboot. Unfortunately, the LAN options are still not available. When I went to “advanced” then chose “LAN Settings” I was able to look at the screen I uploaded and config it if needed.
That option is no longer available because when I click it the screen refreshes and does not go to the page to adjust LAN but displays a status page for - Wireless, Internet, USB, Parental controls. It does not display the LAN settings as before.
This router will not need to connect to the Internet. It is merely a wireless router to control the mixer and let band members connect wirelessly to adjust their monitors. The internal wireless router is usable but on a stage would sit down too low to be effective - the external router is recommended so it can be placed in a better line of sight for the devices. It will not have an internet connection.
I apologize for saying I “Think” it only resets passwords for access - but I drew the conclusion that it kept the news firmware, made me redo passwords and did NOT bring back the LAN settings adjustment screen.
It is pretty annoying and it is frustrating.
It ONLY comes down to this regardless of what application I was trying to do as I never continued the mixer connection:
I changed the “starting IP to .5 and on reboot the LAN options are gone.
So maybe o have too much info?
The question is why after changing the “starting IP” to .5 did the LAN options go away?
Thanks
Johndanese wrote:
This router will not need to connect to the Internet. It is merely a wireless router to control the mixer and let band members connect wirelessly to adjust their monitors.Ah, that's alien territory to me. Netgear designed the R7000 to be a router for people connected to the Internet. I doubt if they considered your scenario.
You may be trying to use it for something that it is not designed for. So there's not much that Netgear, or anyone else, can do to repurpose the R7000.
You might get better help in a group that helps bands to manage their technology. There is thing special about the R7000. Any advice you can get on any router might well carry over to your device.
- No, I believe it can serve as a router as well as a WAN modem. The only difference is I won’t be plugging an internet connection in. It should still let me connect wirelessly to the network.
It’s a simple protocol it’s just that the LAN info disappeared. Haha. It’s crazy. > The screen shot shows the firmware version. [...]
Typing that was easier than typing "V1.0.4.30_1.1.67"? Which, by the
way, is pretty old.> The screen shot shows the firmware version. I did the firmware upgrade
> prior to doing anything. Latest version.Huh? "prior to" taking that picture? As always, an actual version
number would be more useful than your opinion of what's "Latest" today.
> [...] the address was 10.0.0.1 (see picture). [...]That's the LAN IP address of the router.
> [...] Connected to what?
Still a mystery. The fact that the router's LAN IP address is
"10.0.0.1" suggests that you've connected its WAN/Internet port to some
other (unspecified) router. Cascading multiple routers can cause
multiple problems.> [...] the ONLY thing I changed on the router. I changed that to
> 10.0.0.5 [...]_What_, exactly, did you change where? Did you configure that as a
static address _on_ your mixer, or did you configure a "Reserved
Address" for your mixer _on_ the R7000?> [...] to avoid conflicts change the starting IP address to something
> higher to avoid conflict. [...]Ok. Your picture doesn't show that. It's still ".2" - ".254" there.
> [...] I changed the Starting IP address on the DHCP server to 10.0.0.5
How, exactly, would that avoid a conflict? If you configured
"10.0.0.5" as a "Reserved Address" for your mixer _on_ the R7000, then
there's no problem (and you didn't need to change the DHCP pool limits).
If you configured "10.0.0.5" as a static address _on_ your mixer, and
you left "10.0.0.5" in the DHCP pool, then there's (still) a potential
conflict. To avoid a conflict with "10.0.0.5", the pool "Starting IP
Address" would need to be at least "10.0.0.6".> Now I have no access to LAN settings ( the screen in picture). That is
> the issue. It's gone.Where did you look for it? It's not the default screen. Did you try
clicking on ADVANCED > Setup > LAN Setup?
> When I went to "advanced" then chose "LAN Settings" [...]"V1.0.4.30_1.1.67" is so old that I can't be sure what's true there.
On any recent firmware cersion, I'd expect ADVANCED > Setup > LAN Setup
to be the path. As explained in the R7000 User Manual.
> [...] Get the User Manual. Read. [...]Did you?
> This router will not need to connect to the Internet. [...]
Ok, but, as explained above, it does seem to be connected to
something now. It might help if you explained what you actually intend
to do, rather than trying to hide as much detail as possible, confusing
everyone.> I changed the "starting IP to .5 and on reboot the LAN options are
> gone.I doubt that that change made the difference. A much newer firmware
version might have moved the LAN Setup page to a different place.> So maybe o have too much info?
I sure could use more.
> The question is why after changing the "starting IP" to .5 did the LAN
> options go away?That's certainly _a_ question. Look in the right place?
> The video I watched [...]> I spent hours , [...] , scoured internet.
Like "I saw it on the Internet", none of that conveys any useful
information.
> Netgear designed the R7000 to be a router for people connected to the
> Internet. I doubt if they considered your scenario. [...]
Some of us don't get out much. People do this frequently. The
biggest problem normally is that the router expects to set its date+time
from a network NTP server, and it can't talk to one if its WAN/Internet
connection is missing.> [...] as well as a WAN modem. [...]
An R7000 is a router, not any kind of modem.
- Ok thanks for your critique of my question that was helpful (NOT).
Anyway, I’ll ask someone who may know the answer.
The question again is this.
If I go into the router config page advanced settings and choose to change the starting IP address will it make the LAN config page go away? It did. That is all I did.
The support page for the router had that version of firmware as the most recent.
Anyway. Thanks for trying. The answer is you don’t know.