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danandrita
Feb 16, 2020Aspirant
Some devices cannot connect via ethernet
Just got CenturyLink fiber internet service using their provided dsl/modem Zyxel C3000Z. Needed more functionality than it provides so I am trying to configure it with a Netgear R6700V3 (updated the...
- Feb 17, 2020
So I believe my problem to now be resolved.
I went into printer properties in control panel and found the IP addresses were incorrect.
I updated these to the IPs showing up in the Netgear connected devices screen and printers are now fully accessible,
meaning their admin tools can be accessed via IP in a browser and they can be printed to by device name from an application.
My other concern was the amber lights on the port LEDs. Confirmed that my printers both have 100mbps NICs so it stands to reason they will show up as amber (10/100 mbps) status versus white (1gbps) status. My previous Netgear router only displayed green or off, so the amber was new to me.
danandrita
Feb 17, 2020Aspirant
So I believe my problem to now be resolved.
I went into printer properties in control panel and found the IP addresses were incorrect.
I updated these to the IPs showing up in the Netgear connected devices screen and printers are now fully accessible,
meaning their admin tools can be accessed via IP in a browser and they can be printed to by device name from an application.
My other concern was the amber lights on the port LEDs. Confirmed that my printers both have 100mbps NICs so it stands to reason they will show up as amber (10/100 mbps) status versus white (1gbps) status. My previous Netgear router only displayed green or off, so the amber was new to me.
antinode
Feb 17, 2020Guru
> I went into printer properties in control panel and found the IP
> addresses were incorrect. [...]
Why didn't _I_ think to ask about those addresses? No, wait...
If you have software which expects to find your (unspecified) "two
printers" at those (unspecified) "the IP addresses", then you might want
to look for "Specify the IP addresses that the router assigns" in the
User Manual for your router.
> My other concern was the amber lights [...]
Also covered in the User Manual.
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Read.
> [...] (updated the firmware to current) [...]
For future reference, as always, an actual version number would be
more useful than your opinion of what's "current", today.