I have a problem with installing a brand new just bought RAXE 300 wireless router to my spectrum internet. Here are the details so bear with me,
I have Spectrum tv and internet with spectrum wireless router in my house.
I currently have a small Netgear plug in the wall receptacle extender down in my shop which works fine other then I cannot get the speed I now need to run CAD/CAM software. So I researched and found that I could install a second wireless router down in my shop. My Shop is about 200 feet from my house.
I have run CAT 7 underground rated cable from my shop to my spectrum wireless router inside the house so I supposedly should now have a harded wired modem in my shop that I can use for wireless just inside the shop.
I have done all of the reboot things to the equipment inside the house and in the shop. I also ran a second cat 7 cable to the house just to see if I had a cable problem but had the same results.
The warning that comes up is no ethernet cable installed. Can anybody help.
What Firmware version is currently loaded? What is the Mfr and model# of the Internet Service Providers modem/ONT the NG router is connected too?
Has a power off for 1 minute then back ON with the ISP modem/router and router been performed since last update? Be sure to restart your network in this sequence: Turn off and unplug modem. Turn off router and computers. Plug in and turn on modem. Wait 2 minutes for it to connect. Turn on the router and wait 2 minutes for it to connect. Turn on computers and rest of network.
That plus the RAXE300 adds up to two routers on your network, an arrangement that causes many of the problems that appear here.
Two routers on your network can cause headaches. For example, you can end up with problems with local IP addresses. Among other things, the other router can misdirect traffic that the Netgear router usually handles, such as routerlogin.net or the usual default local IP address for a router, 192.168.1.1.
Unless you have specific reasons for using two routers it is often easier to use just one router and to set up the second router as a wifi access point (AP) with a wired connection to the main router. Netgear advises this, as does just about every other site you will visit.
It may be possible to put a 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:
