Make sure that your. I have an older netgear router that will connect to modem fine.
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Router won t connect to modem. Then power up the modem and once it has finished booting power on the router. Check your wireless router settings. The router will use the wan port to connect to the dcp3008. If after resetting the router by. Connect an ethernet cable to the internet port and the other end of the ethernet cable to port 1. Also you may need to give the router the mac address from your pc if it had to be registered when you first got the service.
Put the ethernet cable into the only ethernet port on the back yellow and attach the other end to a computer or a router. Check both internet and lan 1 leds. You said the computer can connect to the internet when connected directly to the modem. Router wont connect to modem 1. They should be both turning on. If that is the case check to make sure the router doesnt have a static address and is getting the proper dhcp address.
To access the router page. If not try another cable and check the leds again. Open a browser typed in 19216811 on the address bar a login page will come up leave the username blank and type admin for the password. My orbi will not connect to the internet. It wont connect to my modem nor will it connect to the internet but the network connection. Can you ping a website when connected through the router.
The lights that light up on my router are the wireless light the wired light and the router light. There is a page on the router setup for that. The modem doesnt give out ips. Did you reset the modem when you connected it. Is this the first time you are connecting it or has it worked in the past. Router wont connect to modem i recently moved and recieved a new modem from specrtrum.
That is the job of the router. Once inside the router page select pppoe for the internet connection type under setup tab then save the settings. Try removing power from both the modem and router.