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MWolf9653
Aug 12, 2021Aspirant
AT&T Fiber BGW210 + Netgear Nighthawk R7000 slow internet speeds in router mode, full speed in AP
I have gigabit internet with AT&T fiber with a BGW210 gateway. I have this set up with IP passthrough to my R7000 Nighthawk. When I have the router set up in AP mode I have full speed using ether...
plemans
Aug 12, 2021Guru - Experienced User
It seems to point at the att device not functioning properly in passthrough mode.
One thing you can try.
Put the BGW210 in router mode.
and then put the netgears IP address into the BGW210's DMZ.
Leave the netgear in router mode.
You can disable the wifi on the BGW210.
This is forward all traffic to the netgear.
worth a shot.
MWolf9653
Aug 12, 2021Aspirant
I believe the passthrough mode is working because if I plug an ethernet cable into the BGW210 it does not get internet, but it does when plugged in to the netgear. I could be simplifying that though.
Can you clarify setting the BGW210 in router mode? I couldn't find anything in the settings, I'm assuming because it's a gateway it's in router mode if the wifi is turned on.
As for the DMZ, I also couldn't find this online. It looks like some companies call it DMZ, others call it IP Passthrough, which is what i had set up.
I do see in the IP Passthrough settings that I have the allocation mode set to passthrough with DHCPS-fixed, selected the netgear mac address and set the DHCP lease time. This is what I read online for how to set up a separate router. However, there's another allocation mode - Default Server. This allows me to set a "Default Server Internal Address". When I put in the IP address of the router it says the network address must be on the network (192.168.x.x).
- Do you know if this could be another way to do IP passthrough, and if so what IP address I'd put there?