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R6900P doesn’t have Coax
I’m trying to setup r6900p but it does not have a coax cable input. The nighthawk setup app keeps asking me to connect via Ethernet but I don’t have a household Ethernet port. Did I purchase the wrong type of router?
https://kb.netgear.com/27191/How-to-set-the-cable-modem-router-to-be-on-modem-only
cluelessoldman wrote:
I have Xfinity cable and no modem. I think the issue is that my (current)C6300 netgear router may also act as a modem. So I may not have purchased correctly. Do you think I can keep the r6900p and just put a modem in front of it? Thanks for the reply I appreciate it!
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A router needs a modem to connect to using a UTP (Ethernet) cable. You cannot feed it coax. A cable modem has a coax port
- I don’t have a modem now though, which is why it confused me. I think my (old) netgear C6300 may be a modem AND router and maybe that’s why it always worked. Thanks for the reply!
Who's your isp?
I'd recommend getting a modem separate from the router versus getting a modem/router combo device anyway.
so you might not have gotten what you thought you were but it might be for the better.
- I have Xfinity cable and no modem. I think the issue is that my (current)C6300 netgear router may also act as a modem. So I may not have purchased correctly. Do you think I can keep the r6900p and just put a modem in front of it? Thanks for the reply I appreciate it!
- The c6300 has a modem only node you could put it in and connect the new one to
