Cannot get Netgear R7000 to work with my fiber network agh!

[Paintrain84]

I have AT&T Fiber, and while my network is fast I would much rather let the Netgear Nighthawk R7000 handle my internal network. It worked fine for my cable internet with Comcast but now that I have gigabit (built and moved into a new house recently) I cannot seem to get this to work with the AT&T modem. The modem model I have is 5268ACFXN.

Even if I turn everything pretty much off on my Netgear and strictly use it as an AP hard wired in, I get maybe 1Mbps, which is horrifying. If I go directly into my AT&T modem I get around 900-960mbps. I know fiber is different, but the fiber strand goes into a box and the box outputs a Cat6 which goes into the modem. All i am doing is taking a cat 6 from one of the ethernet ports and trying to use it.

I HAVE to be doing something wrong...Is this a bad idea? Is the technology so different my router wont work with this? It's really hard to find any info on this. I would like to leave the routing to my R7000 if possible, any advice? Thanks!

 

[corroded]

Are you plugging into the WAN port or a LAN port on the R7000. If you are using the ATT as a router, try plugging it's output into the #1 LAN port. Results?

 

[Paintrain84]

Are you plugging into the WAN port or a LAN port on the R7000. If you are using the ATT as a router, try plugging it's output into the #1 LAN port. Results?

Cat6 comes from the wall to the router WAN. I then take a Cat6 from one of the four LAN ports on the ATT router/modem and plug it into the WAN on the Netgear, from there I am plugged in to the LAN on this computer.

 

[Paintrain84]

I want the AT&T Router/modem to be the Modem only, and let the Netgear do all the routing etc.

 

[corroded]

OK.. log onto the ATT modem and put it into Bridge mode.

 

[Paintrain84]

OK.. log onto the ATT modem and put it into Bridge mode.

Easier said than done. There's no actual "Bridge mode" just DMZ plus which I was able to finally get it half way in there, but how do I know they both aren't routing? Im still kind of confused as to how I can find out if they are both trying to create IPs?

 

[The Paladin]

http://kb.netgear.com/24104/How-do-I-change-my-Nighthawk-router-to-AP-mode-after-I-ve-already-run-setup?cid=wmt_netgear_organic

 

[corroded]

Best thing to do if you cannot administer this is to call ATT support and have them set it to bridge mode to your router can do the work. IF they say is cannot be done (for whatever reason) ask them the best way to configure their device to allow your router to handle traffic