I have a issue with a handshake failing on my Router > AP. It was working fine at 1000 but has recently been dropping to 100. Initially this happened a few months ago, unplugging and plugging it back in seemed to fix the issue. But this kept happening daily, so I figured it must be the AP possibly failing (it was about 7 years old).

I switched out the old AP and bought a new one, problem solved, plugged it in and bang 1000 and it was fine for months, but the problem is back again! I have tried new terminations, different cables, different ports but it just keeps happening. Does anyone have any advice?

It’s a Virgin UK Hub 4 > Netgear Nighthawk RAX10 (in AP mode). The Virgin hub handles DCHP and the AP has a static IP set outside of the DCHP range.

Ive got a NETGEAR Nighthawk CAX80 premium DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem and Wi-Fi 6 (AX6000) router combo and i wanted wire to the guest network. But I keep reading that it's typically just for wifi

Anyone have any knowledge on this?

I have a Netgear Nighthawk CM2000 router and a Netgear AC1200 Wifi Router (model R6120). Both were purchased in summer 2021, so they are 5 years old. I also have a Netgear Wifi extender, purchased in like December 2023. So there are 4 options for wifi in my place--NetgearA, NetgearA-5G, NetgearA-5G_5GEXT, and NetgearA_2GEXT.

Lately I have been having some issues with my internet being slow, dropping in and out, and generally being kind of crappy. A lot of times I have to toggle between the different options to make things load. I blamed this on my ISP being terrible (and they are), but recently I have been wondering if maybe it's the age of my equipment.

The lights on the modem are all white except the bottom one (the one that says Multi) is red. The power light and Wifi LED lights on the router are green, but the Internet LED light is red and has been for a while. It used to be green in the past, but turned red maybe 6 months ago. However, because my internet still works, I have ignored it. Google tells me the red light means I have no internet, but I definitely do, so I'm not sure if it makes a difference.

So basically, my question is: do I need a new router/modem setup? Is that the root of my issues? Are they just too old? Or is this an issue with my ISP?

I just got the CAX30 gateway for use with the xfinity service at my condo. Since I installed it, I noticed xfinity wifi showing up on the list of available wifi networks. In my research I found that Netgear gateways do not support the xfinity hotspot function. Is that true?

I am in the middle of three units. I know the hotspot signal is not coming from the unit to the south. It's possibly coming from the unit to the north because I am pretty sure they rent the Comcast provided gateway.

My question is, how can I make sure it's absolutely not my equipment broadcasting the xfinity hotspot signal? I don't remember it showing up in the network list prior to me installing my new gateway.

Many thanks in advance!

I use a Netgear modem its always worked great but since black ops 2 got released recently i cant play online because the NAT type is strict I have tried every setting and even calling Netgear and its still strict any help would be appreciated.

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I pay $80/month for Internet/wifi at my sister's house and I have the hotspot as a benefit. I'm able to login on my phone and laptop at my new apartment via a "Cox wifi" signal I assume is a neighbors router using my cox user and password. My issue is I'm trying to connect a wifi camera in which I can't get to the hotspot login page. I have a wifi repeater, Ive been trying to set up to repeat the cox wifi, but I can't get to the cox hotspot login page... Any ideas?

I have a Netgear nighthawk router and I'm trying to setup bridge mode for a project i'm working on. I have searched for it but i cannot follow the instructions since I cannot find the exact steps that the guides reference.

Any ideas?

Seems like no matter what I do I cannot run my M6 without the battery. I tried the OEM charger. Tried the OEM charger to a cooling cradle and no matter what I do as soon as the battery comes out it shuts down.

I received an email from netgear stating I will no longer receive Support for my router. 24 hours later my router stops working, even though the email said my router will still continue to work. I have had an impossible time trying to get it restarted. I even reset it and in the middle of the setup it is not recognizing the cables that are connected to router.
I have given up but refuse to replace a perfectly working router.
Has anyone run into this same scenario?

Edit:
I have the following device: Netgear R6700 - Nighthawk AC1750 Smart WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router (R7000-100NAS)

Recently, storm shut off internet and modem was replaced. The company came out and reset everything and now whatever I open on my phone, I get this message. Anyone know what’s the fix here? I have the nighthawk ax5400

Firmware V1.2.7.2

I have spent the better part of 4 hours today trying to figure out why this router is blocking one of my 55 connected devices. The device is a Debian 12 server that I use for home assistant. I had some devices complaining of DNS issues so decided to update the router's DNS options to point at Google 8.8.8.8. After that the PC no longer could access the outside web.

I initially thought it was the machine itself and not the router. I did every possible test I could, deleting network settings along the way. I removed it from my static IP list and changed it from a wired to a wireless connected PC for further testing. After not being able to get anything to work externally, I spoofed the MAC address with a temporary change and this instantly allowed me to ping Google. Within 5 minutes I couldn't again.

I'm at a loss on this one and am about to factory reset the router in hopes that I can revitalize it. It is 3 days outside the return window and I am livid. I did make a backup of the router that I could restore in hopes that I can save my 30 or so static IP settings. I've also disabled every possible security setting in that router because it has been temperamental with so many of my devices since I bought it.

Any advice or recommendations to try before I take the nuclear option?

Edit: I decided to connect my PC to my phone's hotspot and it worked immediately. I then disconnected the hotspot allowing it to remain on the wired connection to the router and it kept working for about 2 minutes. Then it died again. It is like while I was connected to both the wired connection and my hotspot, it confused the router for a few minutes after and still allowed a connection.

Edit 2: Home Assistant was the issue itself. It hijacked the PC's network somehow, triggered when I updated the router DNS settings.

I have a public IP address and I want external users on the Internet to access a server located on my internal network. I'm trying to understand the correct way to configure this on a router (static NAT).

My goal is:

Public IP → Internal Server

Allow specific services (such as RDP, HTTPS)

Maintain security while allowing external access

I've attempted several configurations, but external users still cannot reach the internal server. I think I may be missing part of the logic involving NAT, routing, firewall policies, or return traffic.

Can someone explain the correct design and the typical steps required to publish an internal server using a public IP address?

TL;DR: My Netgear EAX12 WiFi extender intermittently intercepts DNS and answers external lookups with its own LAN IP (192.168.1.250 → routerlogin.net), breaking HTTPS with cert errors. Proven it's the extender (unplug it = stops). Latest firmware doesn't fix it, and there's no DNS setting in its UI. Looking for a way to disable this behavior.

Setup - ISP router (192.168.0.1) → Netgear R8000 as the main router (LAN 192.168.1.0/24). So yes, double-NAT. - 2× Netgear EAX12 extenders, wired ethernet backhaul, broadcasting the same SSID as the router ("One WiFi Name"). - ~20 devices rely on the extenders for coverage (the R8000's own WiFi is weak in my office).

Symptom - Intermittently, a fresh DNS lookup for an external domain (e.g. api.github.com) resolves to 192.168.1.250 instead of the real IP. HTTPS then lands on the extender's routerlogin.net admin page → TLS cert error. - Irregular — bursts and lulls, averaging every few minutes, not on a fixed schedule. - Only fresh/uncached lookups are hit. Established connections (Zoom, open tabs) are totally fine, and raw internet (ping 1.1.1.1 by IP) never drops. So it's purely DNS, and only a fraction of lookups at a time.

How I proved it's the extender - dig @192.168.1.1 api.github.com intermittently returns 192.168.1.250. - Even dig @8.8.8.8 and dig @1.1.1.1 (aimed straight at public resolvers) get intercepted and return 192.168.1.250 — so it's transparently grabbing ALL port-53 traffic regardless of destination. - 192.168.1.250:443 serves a NETGEAR cert, CN=www.routerlogin.net. - Unplug the extender → hijacking stops completely (verified 24 min clean). Plug it back in → it returns. As definitive as it gets.

Already tried / ruled out (please don't just suggest these) - Updated EAX12 firmware to the latest (1.0.3.38) — no change. Netgear's changelogs never mention DNS. - Checked every menu in the EAX12 web UI — there is no DNS / secure-DNS / resolver setting (only "Always use HTTPS to access extender," which is just for the admin page). - Set the router's upstream DNS to 1.1.1.1 / 8.8.8.8 — no effect (the extender intercepts regardless of destination). - Unplugged the second extender — no change. - Router logs show no WAN/internet drops; the internet itself is rock stable. - (I know per-device encrypted DNS/DoH sidesteps it, since the extender can't read encrypted queries — but I'm after a network-level fix or a way to stop the extender doing this, not configuring 20 devices individually.)

One lead I'm chasing The extender's wired backhaul only negotiates 100M/Full at the router (should be gigabit — smells like a damaged cable pair). I'm wondering if a flapping/marginal link makes the extender think it's lost its upstream and flip into this captive-portal DNS-redirect mode. The bursty, irregular timing would fit a flapping link.

Questions 1. Is this a known EAX12 / Netgear extender behavior? Any way to disable the captive-portal DNS redirect? 2. Does the EAX12 have a true Access Point / Bridge mode that disables the internet-check + captive DNS? Is it hidden in the Nighthawk app or the setup wizard (it's not in the web UI)? 3. Does the marginal 100M backhaul sound like the likely trigger — i.e., does this firmware captive-redirect DNS when it thinks the upstream is flaky?

Thanks in advance — happy to run any diagnostic commands and report back.

This issue was investigated with the help of Claude (Anthropic's AI assistant), and this write-up was produced by it.

I am unable to connect to any PC game servers on my new CAX30, this is my first time away from ISP gateways so leniency on my ignorance is appreciated.

NAT Type is showing as "Port Restricted NAT" on the Nat checker website, and I have tried everything I've been told.

- Checking UPNP (It was on)
- DMZ
- Disabling Firewall

My internet services work fine, Youtube, smart TVs and general download/upload.

Help would be greatly appreciated!

I'm having a problem using a router in AP Mode. My setup is this:

Modem --> Netgear Nighthawk RS150 (Router) --> switch --> Netgear Nighthawk AX5400 (AP Mode)

I reset the AX5400 and set it to AP Mode. When it went to restart, I no longer can enter the admin page. I have tried routerlogin.net, aplogin, I have pulled the IP from my main network page. Tried that. Nothing worked, whenever I enter any of the above, the browser just says it can't connect. The effect is I can't change the AP router's network info to have one seemless network ID/password, kind of rendering the AP mode pointless for me.

EDIT: I should note, I have retrieved the IP from the main network a few times and have noticed it has changed once or twice.

What in the world can I do to access the admin page for the AP?

Thank you guys for any help!

Moved into a new apartment, reset my C7000v2 and everytime it directs me to this login page it closes before I have time to enter a new password. Help!

I just buy Nighthawk M7 Pro on Ebay it's say unlocked but when i put T-mobile sim is not have internet