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Nighthawk X10 AD7200 configuring with Asus DSL-N16 Wireless-N300 as Modem
Hi, I'm quite new to setting up modems and routers. I was provided an Asus DSL-N16 router/modem by my ISP. I bought the Nighthawk X10 AD7200 to use as a router. I let the Nighthawk app do a...
Awesome thank you for confirming Antinode.
I guess I will need to decide what's best, as setting my Nighthawk to repeater mode kind of made me feel like I was wasting its potential a bit, hopefully I can find a way to put the Asus to modem only, then I can pay for the fixed IP to get rid of double NAT. I still need to set up an always on Plex server anyway, so I still have much to do.
Thank you all for your time helping with this!
Reason your having issues with your Plex and potentially your other issues is because of that double nat.
You're running the asus in router mode and the netgear.
You're 2 easiest options?
1. Disable the routing portion of the Asus. Place it in modem only mode. I'd contact Asus for help setting that up as they're the experts with their device. (or your isp). This'll let let the netgear run as the only router.
Or
2. Place the netgear in AP (access point) mode. this disables its own routing functions but still lets its wireless and ethernet ports to work. You can potentially also turn off the wireless on the Asus if you do this. its not needed and if you don't do so, make sure to seperate out the wireless channels so they aren't interfering with each other.
Thank you so much for the information!
I've just been chatting to my ISP Support. Their advice was as follows:
Have you purchased a static I.P. with our services?
That'll likely be why, at default our services use dynamic I.P to get to you and are split at the LNS server that's where the double NAT comes from. Static I.Ps are £1.49 in addition per month it will resolve the issue and also allow port forwarding.
Would this be what caused the double NAT?
To be honest it didn't sound like they knew much.
Biggsamus wrote:Would this be what caused the double NAT?
No. Double NAT is a consequence of having two routers on your network. You will see the same thing even if you fix the IP address.
Both of your routers are trying to do "NAT", network address translation.
what is double nat - Google Search
plemans has explained how to deal with this. Turn off the router bit of either your Asus DSL-N16 router/modem or your #R9000 router.
In the case of the Asus DSL-N16 router/modem, turning off the router bit means putting it into modem only (bridge) mode. (See earlier link to Google search.) This is not to be confused with wireless bridge mode (WDS).
For the R9000 it means putting it into wireless access point (AP) mode. The manual explains how to do this. But beware the lost features:
Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR Support
At a quick glance the manual for the Asus thing is silent on how you put the thing into modem only mode.
I am not familiar with this modem but I did come across this page:
How to make DSL use WAN bridge to router? | Official Support | ASUS Global
See the bit "2.When DSL doesn't need to surf Internet."
I have nod idea of this will achieve the required mode. If your ISP has a user community like this, that would be a good place to pose the question.
Out of interest, why did you buy a second router when you already had the Asus modem/router? Your answer could help to guide on which strategy you could deploy.
