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NETGEAR ROUTERS (Tried the R6400v2 and R7000 models ) ONLY WORKING WITH COX RENTED MODEM
This is a long post so please bear with me...For the past 48+ hours I have been troubleshooting this EXTREMELY irritating issue with my ISP. Recently I updated to COX's GIGABLAST gigabit service. I di...
> [...] Motorola MB8600 modem. [...]
> [...] I had my main PC connected to ethernet port 1 and my NETGEAR
> R6400v2 connected to the ethernet port 2. [...]Perhaps reading the documentation for the MB8600 would have made for
a better start.https://motorolanetwork.com/mb8600.html
One open and 3 masked 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) LAN
ports allow connection of any SINGLE device with an Ethernet port
including a router, Windows/Mac computer, HDTV, game station. The
multiple Ethernet ports are not for connecting multiple devices;
they allow connection to a router that can bond more than one
Ethernet port to achieve speeds over 1Gbps when supported by your
cable service.Which is more explicit about the Ethernet-port capabilities of that
device than the corresponding Netgear documentation for its comparable
modems.
> [...] Motorola MB8600 modem. [...]
> [...] I had my main PC connected to ethernet port 1 and my NETGEAR
> R6400v2 connected to the ethernet port 2. [...]
Perhaps reading the documentation for the MB8600 would have made for
a better start.
https://motorolanetwork.com/mb8600.html
One open and 3 masked 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) LAN
ports allow connection of any SINGLE device with an Ethernet port
including a router, Windows/Mac computer, HDTV, game station. The
multiple Ethernet ports are not for connecting multiple devices;
they allow connection to a router that can bond more than one
Ethernet port to achieve speeds over 1Gbps when supported by your
cable service.
Which is more explicit about the Ethernet-port capabilities of that
device than the corresponding Netgear documentation for its comparable
modems.