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Rbeesley
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Mar 31, 2022

nighthawk R7450

How do you connect the Nighthawk router Model R7450 to a Dish modem

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  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User

    What dish modem? 

    Many of them have their own integrated router and it causes a double nat. 

    A double nat happens when you cascade more than 1 router.
    https://kb.netgear.com/30186/What-is-Double-NAT
    Fixes? There’s 3 options but only use 1.
    1. Put the modem/gateway in modem only/pass through mode. This disables its routing functions.
    2. Leave the modem/gateway in router mode but put the Netgears IP address into its DMZ. This forwards the data to the netgear. You can either leave the modem/gateway’s wireless enabled or disabled. Just make sure its using a different wifi channel to prevent interference
    3. Put the Netgear into access point mode. This disables its routing functions. Wifi/ethernet still works but it does disable some features.
    https://kb.netgear.com/26765/Which-features-are-disabled-on-my-NETGEAR-router-when-it-is-set-to-AP-Mode