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Router has no coax connector. Need to connect Spectrum internet to my R8000P X6S
How to connect acoax cable to router that has no cable connector.
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Rgnmgr wrote:
How to connect acoax cable to router that has no cable connector.
I have no idea what you are talking about here.
Forget about the cable, what are you trying to connect to the router?
Your subject says:
"Need to connect Spectrum internet to my R8000P X6S"
Depending on the type of Internet – usually DSL or cable, but sometimes optical – you need a modem to connect to that with the appropriate cable. You then plug the R8000P into the modem with an Ethernet cable.
Your ISP often supplies a modem. Sometimes they provide a modem/router. You then have to work out how to get that to play nicely with your Netgear router.
My current older Netgear C3700 has a coax cable internet connector on it.
My new Netgear R8000P only has an ethernet internet port, nothing for a coax cable (spectrum internet).
Rgnmgr wrote:
My current older Netgear C3700 has a coax cable internet connector on it.
That is a modem/router. It can connect you to the Internet service.
Rgnmgr wrote:
My new Netgear R8000P only has an ethernet internet port, nothing for a coax cable (spectrum internet).
That is a router. It is not a modem and cannot connect you directly to the Internet. You need a modem to connect the R8000P to the Internet.
You can use the C3700 as the "front end" connection to the Internet.
If you want to use all the features of the R8000P you need to turn off the router bit of the C3700. To do that, look at the manual for the C3700 and read the section "To cable your modem router to a gateway or router".
