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How to access and un-bridge a NETGEAR Nighthawk X6 Smart Wi-Fi Router (R8000)
I am ditching Spectrum. When I signed up I got Spectrum Router. I bridged the Nighthawk to the Spectrum Router to have extra Lan Ports. How do I un-bridge the Nighthawk? I cannot access the login...
galactica1951 wrote:
I realize having two things chained together is not ideal.
More a case of a disaster waiting to happen than "not ideal".
Please read the links of provided, they should explain the symptoms that you describe and why you don't need to have two router chained together.
Let's start with this one:
It worked to get extra Lan Ports.
You don't need the thing to be in router mode to get the LAN ports to work. A router in AP mode does the same thing.
Even though the lower internet light is white on the Nighthawk, when I connect a computer to the Lan Ports.... they remain amber and I have no connection.
Where are these "lower internet lights". They aren't on the R8000.
The LAN ports will remain amber if you connect them to a network with 100 Mbps ports. That's the whole idea. They are telling you the connection speed.
That's down to your unspecified computer
When I try to go to a web page it brings me to Router Login.
That is a classic "double NAT" symptom.
What web page are you going to?
This is not supposed to be hard. Thank you!
It isn't if you follow the advice you were given. Do things logically and in the right order.
The white internet button is the second one from the bottom.
The LAN Ports are amber when a ethernet cable is attached - that does not mean they work. They blink when there is traffic.
I bridged one router.
Nighthawk X6 AC3200 Tri-Band WiFi Router Model R8000 is almost 9 years old. I purchase a Netgear Meah system from Amazon today. Time for a change. I am ditching the Spectrum Router.
See Diagram Below.
Thank you for your reply.
Terry
Look at the user manual to see what the LAN LED colors mean.
Usually AMBER means a 100Mpbs device is attached. WHITE should be that 1000Mpbs devices is attached.
galactica1951 wrote:
The white internet button is the second one from the bottom.
Guess it depends on how you look at it.
In the manual (top view) the internet button is the second one from the top.
The second one from the bottom, in the manual, is the Wi-Fi LED.
But these things can also work "upside down".
Nighthawk X6 AC3200 Tri-Band WiFi Router Model R8000 is almost 9 years old. I purchase a Netgear Meah system from Amazon today. Time for a change. I am ditching the Spectrum Router.Could be a good move if that meets your needs. Technology keeps changing, especially on the Wi-Fi front.
After years with an even older R7800 router, trying out a new model tells me that it is time to move on.
But don't ditch the R8000 until you find out if it meets your needs.
My new reouter doesnlt do ReadySHARE to add USB drives to mey netqwrk. So the old router, in AP mode, now acts as a poor man's (cheapskates) network attached storage.
