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Rs700
Standard setup and frequent disconnect and reboots of router and modem. Armory off or on same results. Gonna try again with smart connect off...but so far...it's horrible experience. Tried setup with ...
Arris s33 surfboard router and I will check and troubleshoot rs700 again in hr or so. Firmware said no updates found.
Vood wrote:
Arris s33 surfboard router ...
Is that your modem?
If so, it could be a modem/router – Google is not definitive on what that might be – and you are asking for trouble adding an RS700 to that.
Two routers on your network can cause headaches. For example, you can end up with local address problems. Among other things, the other router can misdirect addresses that the Netgear router usually handles, such as routerlogin.net or the usual IP address for a router, 192.168.1.1.
This explains some of the other drawbacks.
What is Double NAT? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Unless you have specific reasons for using two routers – to create two separate networks for example – it is often easier to use just one router and then to set up the second router as a wifi access point. Netgear advises this, as does just about every site you will visit.
It may be possible to put the modem/router into modem only (bridge) mode and then to use the second device as the router. Sometimes it is easier to put the second router into AP mode. But that has its own drawbacks:
Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR Support