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Pjgadway44
May 05, 2023Aspirant
R7000 setting causes discovery issues
When factory resetting the R7000 router everything works fine where a device gets discovered properly in both the web login and Nighthawk App. As soon as you turn on “Access Control” it messes it up w...
michaelkenward
May 08, 2023Guru - Experienced User
Pjgadway44 wrote:
When factory resetting the R7000 router everything works fine where a device gets discovered properly in both the web login and Nighthawk App. As soon as you turn on “Access Control” it messes it up where it will not discover all the devices connected.
It might help if you told people what the modem is in front of this router, if there is one. The make and model number could be useful. Is it, by any chance, also a router, with a set of LAN ports on the back?
The reason for asking is that a lot of people turn up here trying to put a router behind a modem that is also a router. That can complicate troubleshooting.