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Corthebarbarian
Jan 13, 2022Aspirant
Provisioning
I was told by my isp that my router needed to be provisioned to handel fiber internet. My old setup was a nighthawk ac1900dst. I have never had a modem either. The only way I have been able to use my ...
Corthebarbarian
Jan 13, 2022Aspirant
Yes and I tried to setup just r8000p the same way I had r7300 when I first brought home my r8000p but it showed no internet available
FURRYe38
Jan 13, 2022Guru - Experienced User
You may need to ask your ISP to reboot there Switch that connects to your wall out let after you connect the R8000 to this wall jack. We have to do same thing with cable modems and routers to get them to connect. There switch probably has cached the R7300s MAC address and when you try to put the R8000 online, the switch or what ever is holding the prior MAC address isn't being updated and needs a reboot.
Corthebarbarian wrote:
Yes and I tried to setup just r8000p the same way I had r7300 when I first brought home my r8000p but it showed no internet available