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Cannot get in to router settings
Hello, No matter what I try, I cannot seem to get to the Admin log in screen for my Nighthwak router. Whether I use routerlogin.net (or .com), or 192.168.1.1, I am consistently taken to the Netg...
VJOGuy wrote:
So the Netgear manual instructions say to connect the modem's LAN jack to the Netgear Router's LAN jack via the ethernet cable. (turns out, it was already configured that way).
Sometimes it's in the fine print .... this is definitively wrong! The Netgear router Internet/WAN pot must be connected to the modem Ethernet port (whatever the marking says there). This could explain the off effects you experience. Sorry this required a second reading...
Once done so, restart everythig. First power-up the cable modem (let it boot and allow some minute), then the router, then the computer and the wireless devices.
Please don't apologize! I appreciate all of the help!