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JHOUSE7777
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Nov 08, 2021

R6260 ROUTER - INSTALLED NEW MODEM AND NOW ROUTER DOES NOT FUNCTION - SAYS ETHERNET HAS INVALID IP

R6260 ROUTER WILL NOT FUNCTION WITH NEW IDENTICAL COX MODEM.  CAN CONNECT TO INTERNET

WITH MODEM BUT ROUTER WILL NOT FUNCTION WHEN INSTALLED FROM PC TO MODEM.  NO SIGNAL

ALLOWED.  ERROR SAYS INVALID IP ADDRESS ETHERNET.

2 Replies

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Nov 08, 2021

    Please dont yell. We can hear you fine.

     

    Netgear has set up a community forum specifically for General Router products. Most of the people who watch that forum are more likely to have experience with older routers and know how to work it better than those of us who follow this router forum. Might be more likely to find someone who has a solution if the question is posted there:
    https://community.netgear.com/t5/General-WiFi-Routers-Non/bd-p/home-wifi-routers-general


    Please use this link to the main forum product list to review and choose where to make your posts. 
    https://community.netgear.com/t5/NETGEAR-Forum/ct-p/en-netgear


    Thank you

  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Nov 08, 2021

    What modem is it? 

    Try this. 

    Disconnect everything from both devices. Even coax from the modem. 

    Power them both down for 2 minutes. 

    Connect coax back to the modem and power it on. 

    Wait 2 minutes or for it to fully boot. 

    Then connect its lan cable to wan port on the router. 

    Then power the router on and give it a couple minutes to fully boot. 

    Then try setup.