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use of all ethernet ports and access to admin page after changing to bridge mode
I have a nighthawk c6300 modem+router+wifi device. My isp, spectrum, has not bumped the firmware revision up from the V2.01.26 release which makes the web admin UI only accessible from an old intern...
> Model: C6300|AC1750 Cable Modem Router Docsis 3.0
C6300[v1] or C6300v2? Look for "Model" on the product label.
> wrt q3 with the c6300 configured with Router = Yes -> No = modem/bridge
> only setting i could not access a c6300 web admin UI at 192.168.0.1 or
> 192.168.100.1 or routerlogin.com from my laptop plugged directly into a
> c6300 ethernet port or connected to a dhcp+router+wifi access point
> device connected to c6300 when in modem/bridge mode."could not" is not a useful problem description. It does not say
what you did. It does not say what happened when you did it. As usual,
showing actual actions (commands) with their actual results (error
messages, LED indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vague
descriptions or interpretations.
If you try that, then I'd expect you to need to configure the
computer manually with an IP address (static) on the same subnet as the
router. In modem-only mode, the C6300 won't provide a DHCP server, so
the computer might self-configure inappropriately. It might be
educational to fetch a User Manual for a plain cable modem (like, say, a
CM500), and look at its "Troubleshooting" section.> [...] Is there a factory reset pin hole located on back or ??? and
> does pressing it flip device back into Router = Yes setting [...]Yes. Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your (actual) model
number, and look for Documentation. Get the User Manual (at least).
Read. Look for "Factory Default Settings" and/or "Reset button". Also
interesting: "Manage the Modem Router Configuration File".
wrt q1/q4 my new dhcp+router+wifi access point successfully made use of the c6300's Router = Yes -> No = modem/bridge only configuration uplink using whatever one of the ethernet ports on back of c6300 it was plugged into previously. I can't tell which because i have c6300 stuck in attic and don't want to have to go up there if i can avoid it ;)
wrt q2 it would seem any one of the c6300 ethernet ports, but at most only one, can host the downstream dhcp+router+wifi access point device ethernet connection when c6300 is configured with Router = Yes -> No = modem/bridge only setting.
wrt q3 with the c6300 configured with Router = Yes -> No = modem/bridge only setting i could not access a c6300 web admin UI at 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.100.1 or routerlogin.com from my laptop plugged directly into a c6300 ethernet port or connected to a dhcp+router+wifi access point device connected to c6300 when in modem/bridge mode.
q5 when c6300 is configured with Router = No = modem/bridge only setting how do you restore Router = Yes setting given what appears to be an absence of any web admin UI? Is there a factory reset pin hole located on back or ??? and does pressing it flip device back into Router = Yes setting where a web admin UI is accessible at 192.168.0.1 or routerlogon.com so one can reconfigure all their prior settings if they want to go back to them?
> Model: C6300|AC1750 Cable Modem Router Docsis 3.0
C6300[v1] or C6300v2? Look for "Model" on the product label.
> wrt q3 with the c6300 configured with Router = Yes -> No = modem/bridge
> only setting i could not access a c6300 web admin UI at 192.168.0.1 or
> 192.168.100.1 or routerlogin.com from my laptop plugged directly into a
> c6300 ethernet port or connected to a dhcp+router+wifi access point
> device connected to c6300 when in modem/bridge mode.
"could not" is not a useful problem description. It does not say
what you did. It does not say what happened when you did it. As usual,
showing actual actions (commands) with their actual results (error
messages, LED indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vague
descriptions or interpretations.
If you try that, then I'd expect you to need to configure the
computer manually with an IP address (static) on the same subnet as the
router. In modem-only mode, the C6300 won't provide a DHCP server, so
the computer might self-configure inappropriately. It might be
educational to fetch a User Manual for a plain cable modem (like, say, a
CM500), and look at its "Troubleshooting" section.
> [...] Is there a factory reset pin hole located on back or ??? and
> does pressing it flip device back into Router = Yes setting [...]
Yes. Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your (actual) model
number, and look for Documentation. Get the User Manual (at least).
Read. Look for "Factory Default Settings" and/or "Reset button". Also
interesting: "Manage the Modem Router Configuration File".