I'm having major difficulties adding a router to the 3800HGV-B. I purchased an Asus RT-N66U, and I'm am trying to set it up as my main router.
First, I connected the Asus LAN port to a laptop using an Ethernet cable. Then, I plugged the supplied Ethernet cable into the WAN port of the Asus router and the Broadband port on the old 2Wire one.
After running the setup, I selected DHCP, left the MAC address and host name spaces blank, and left the DNS settings to auto. I set my admin password and the SSID and its password. The next step was to detect what I presume is the modem. The setup tells me to unplug the 2Wire modem, wait 2 minutes, plug it back in, and click Detect again when the LED is flashing. The setup program fails to detect the modem.
I thought I might've had to put the 2Wire into bridge mode, so I tried that by checking a box that said something along the lines of 'router behind router connection.' That did nothing.
What am I doing wrong here. Did I connect something into the wrong port? The only ports filled on the 2Wire are the Phone Line 1 and the Broadband. The only ports filled on my Asus are the WAN and the LAN (for the laptop).
First, I connected the Asus LAN port to a laptop using an Ethernet cable. Then, I plugged the supplied Ethernet cable into the WAN port of the Asus router and the Broadband port on the old 2Wire one.
After running the setup, I selected DHCP, left the MAC address and host name spaces blank, and left the DNS settings to auto. I set my admin password and the SSID and its password. The next step was to detect what I presume is the modem. The setup tells me to unplug the 2Wire modem, wait 2 minutes, plug it back in, and click Detect again when the LED is flashing. The setup program fails to detect the modem.
I thought I might've had to put the 2Wire into bridge mode, so I tried that by checking a box that said something along the lines of 'router behind router connection.' That did nothing.
What am I doing wrong here. Did I connect something into the wrong port? The only ports filled on the 2Wire are the Phone Line 1 and the Broadband. The only ports filled on my Asus are the WAN and the LAN (for the laptop).
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