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Nighthawk RS100 vs RS300 - IoT devices
Hello! My goal is to have all of my IoT devices on a separate network. I've been googling and searching on this forum on whether or not nighthawk RS100 or RS300 can set up IoT devices on a separate network. So far what I've been learning is that RS100 - you can have IoT devices set up in the guest wifi network but no guarantee all IoT devices would work properly. RS300 - I've got mixed search results on whether RS300 has a separate IoT wifi network. some post/site say yes, others say no. my questions is if RS100 and RS300 both can only have IoT devices on the guest wifi network, then why should I spend more on the RS300 (I don't have faster speed and wider wifi range coverage). I would spend more on the RS300 if it has a IoT wifi network feature. Can anyone pls confirm which is which? which wifi router should I get? Thank you for your time! TateUpgraded WNR2000v1 Wireless Router, but no cable port
Good afternoon, I recently received an email that my WNR2000v1 Wireless Router was nearing it's end of support and I should get a replacement if I want to maintain my security levels. I purchased a Nighthawk WiFi7 RS200, as suggested, but when I received it and tried installing it there was no coaxial port for my cable connection. Did I purchase the correct router? None of the Nighthawk models seem to have a coaxial port. How do I resolve the missing coaxial port? Should I reach out to my cable company? RegardsCan LAN interface of RS100 be set to a public IP address?
I have obtained a /29 range of public IP addresses from my ISP. That /29 network resides on the LAN interface of the cable router/modem/whatever you want to call it. At the moment I am using a Zyxel router for the job and it works well- it has no issue with letting me set the LAN IP address to a public IP address- but for some reason it limits my upload speed to <100Mb/s where it's supposed to be 200Mb/s. I tried a Sagemcom device as an alternative. It has no problem hitting the 200Mb/s upload speed BUT it will not allow me to set the LAN interface IP to a public IP address (45.11.x.x) - it says 'Invalid IP address'. Before I go to the bother of purchasing an RS100 (and then having to return it if it doesn't work), I am trying to find out whether it will allow me to set the LAN IP address to a public IP address. Any advice would be much appreciated!RS700 pinging Google DND every 4-5 secs on AP Mode
I am currently using my RS700S in AP mode behind a pfSense firewall. I noticed the router is pinging 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 every 4-5 secs showing up in block alerts, more of nuisance than anything with it flooding the logs rather than any connectivity. I assume it's trying to check for an internet connection, but there needs to be a way to block/stop the RS700S when in AP mode. I assume this is not just the RS700 but other models probably doing the same as a lot of them share similar core firmware.Nighthawk RS100 can't see 2.4Ghz WiFi devices
I just replaced an old Orbi with the RS100. The Orbi, and my network, were working, but the Orbi app could no longer see the router, and I wanted WiFi 7 anyhow. I set the SSID and password on the RS100 to be the same as on the Orbi, and all my latest gadgets, iPhone, iPad, watch, computer, all connected instantly. My 2.4Ghz gadgets didn't do as well. These are all IOT (bathroom scale, washing machine, printer, smoke detectors, etc) that I've had for years. I got a couple of things to work by reconfiguring them from scratch, but a couple of gadgets simply can't see the network at all. What have I done to troubleshoot? Redoing the network configuration from scratch got a couple of devices working. Disabled Smart Connect so the two networks would show separately. Didn't help. Reenabled it, and nothing broke that wasn't already broken. Tried temporarily turning off the 5Ghz network altogether, but that didn't help. Changed the 2.4Ghz security from WPA2/2PA3 to WPA/WPA2. That got one additional device to work. Rebooted everything, didn't help. Verified that I have the latest firmware. Tried contacting NETGEAR, but so far no reply. Unless someone has a better idea, the router is going to be shipped back to Amazon along with a rather negative review.Is it possible to disable Ipv6?
The user manual of the RS100 only gives different IPv6 connection types to choose from, but does not mention any option to disable it. Is it also possible to completely disable ipv6, both on the LAN side and on the WAN side? If yes, how do I disable it on LAN and on WAN? Thanks.Protection Engine and Stealth ports
Hello, Recently, I purchased a Nighthawk RS100 Router. After configuring it, I tested my setup using Shields Up . All my ports reported as Stealth and the router log was clean of anything serious. This week I repeated the test and noticed many of my ports are no longer Stealth, but Closed! What's strange is that which ports are Closed or Stealth seems to change randomly every time I rerun the Shields Up test : At the same time, my router's log now shows many entries of ports being scanned. I looked up the IPs scanning my ports and they're from around the world : [DoS Attack: RST Scan] from source: 160.30.156.213, port 3389, Thursday, September 25, 2025 08:57:14 [DoS Attack: SYN/ACK Scan] from source: 160.30.156.213, port 3389, Thursday, September 25, 2025 08:57:02 Thanks to this forum, I've learned that disabling the Protection Engine will return my ports from Closed to Stealth. Side note, I suspect the Protection Engine is adaptive based on the changing test results over time. Anyway, I'd really prefer to return my ports to Stealth without disabling the Protection Engine. Has anybody discovered a method for keeping the ports Stealth while simultaneously keeping the Protection Engine enabled? Model: Nighthawk RS100 FW: V1.1.5.12. Thank you!Rs100 not connecting to nbn fibre to the premises via LAN cable
When I plug the network cable from my nbn box into the internet port, it says no internet and the light is orange. It works when I plug it into a port on my existing modem router but won’t work using the cable from the wall. Am I doing something wrong?
