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Nighthawk AC1900. Unable to connect to router by lan
Obtaining an ethernet connection to the world wide web was very difficult and time consuming. I normally have to set up everything manually but I could only use the phone app for setup. The automated...
Maintech wrote:
My home internal address is in the 192.168.1.1 range. The documents on the Nighthawk said you could log into the router by that address. But it wouldn't. After finding out only dhcp worked I finally determined that the router had an IP address in the 10.0.0.1 range.
Your confusion may be something to do with the device that sits in front of whatever Netgear router you own. An IP address in the 10.0.0.1 range is a bit of a giveaway. Netgear opts for that when it finds something else squatting on 192.168.1.1.
You usually need a modem to connect your router to the Internet. If that modem is also a router itself – many are – you can land yourself with the sort of problems you experience. Two routers are a recipe for chaos.
Two routers on your network can cause headaches. For example, you can end up with local address problems. Among other things, the other router can misdirect addresses that the Netgear router usually handles, such as routerlogin.net or the usual IP address for a router, 192.168.1.1.
This explains some of the other drawbacks.
What is Double NAT? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Visit the support pages:
Support | NETGEAR
Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware.
Look for the model number on the label on the device.
Begin with the Quick Start/Installation Guide.
You may have done that already. I can't tell from your message.
I mention it because Netgear gave up on supplying paper manuals years ago and people sometimes miss the downloads.