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R8000 - impossible to install
Hi, I just pick up an old R8000 (certainly with old firmware (I installed it a few years ago, perhaps 6 years, in my office) I reset it, and wanted to setup it up at home. I want to use it as a...
Hi,
thankl you very much for all your answers.
I managed to do a reset and managed to update the firmware.
The way it worked : just wiring an ethernet cable between 1 of the 4 eth port and my laptop.
I accessed the router with 192.168.1.1
Now I can configure it.
Once again thank you very much for all your help.
Be sure to use the WAN port to connect the router to the host routers LAN port.
Try setting a static IP address configuration on the R series router instead of Dynamic. Try setting it to 192.168.1.80.
Is the host routers IP address sub net pool 192.168.1.x?
https://kb.netgear.com/20927/How-do-I-change-my-NETGEAR-router-to-AP-mode
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-WIFI-6-AX-AND-Wi-Fi-6E-AXE/Procedure-for-Factory-reset-of-RBS850/m-p/2367505/highlight/true#M53985
- How do I log to r8000 ?
I can t...
When I try using it s ip adresse (192.168.1.123) it tells me files are missing....
Nighthawk app doesn t work...Try a factory reset on the router and then walk thru the setup wizard.
Then follow the PDF to setup AP mode for the .80 IP address, after you apply that, you should be able to log into the AP mode configuration at 192.168.1.80.What FW version is on the router?
- I ve already done that (reset factory)
It is impossible to reach the pages of the r8000 interface.
I don t know what s the version ofbthe formware, but it has never been updated since it was installed 6 years ago...