Hi All,
New to SNB & I've searched the forums but couldn't find a solution to my exact problem only slightly more complex ones. Forgive me if it is incredibly simple, and I'm missing something. I have a WNDR3400v2 Netgear router and Actiontec 2500C MoCa Adapters. In my current setup, my Comcast modem and Netgear router are restricted to one room because of how the house is wired. But I bought MoCa adapters to get a hard wire connection in other parts of the house. I have a spare adapter and got the idea to move the router to a more central location. I hooked up the MoCA adapter and modem in the room its restricted to and the spare adapter and the netgear router (through the Wan Port) in another side of the house. It didn't get access to the Internet, so I unplugged and tested with my laptop's ethernet jack, and it immediately got an internet connection. Is there a setting I'm missing or overlooking on the router? Should i be using the LAN port instead?
I contacted Actiontec, but there support only makes sure the connections are right, states everything else is plug n play, and that the router will work without any problem. I contacted Netgear and they said I need two routers for this to work, one as the primary to be the DHCP server and the other as the access point.
My thought process is that the MoCa adapter is an extension of my LAN and could be treated as a direct link to my internet provider(and this is what Actontec would have me to believe as well).
Thanks in advance.
New to SNB & I've searched the forums but couldn't find a solution to my exact problem only slightly more complex ones. Forgive me if it is incredibly simple, and I'm missing something. I have a WNDR3400v2 Netgear router and Actiontec 2500C MoCa Adapters. In my current setup, my Comcast modem and Netgear router are restricted to one room because of how the house is wired. But I bought MoCa adapters to get a hard wire connection in other parts of the house. I have a spare adapter and got the idea to move the router to a more central location. I hooked up the MoCA adapter and modem in the room its restricted to and the spare adapter and the netgear router (through the Wan Port) in another side of the house. It didn't get access to the Internet, so I unplugged and tested with my laptop's ethernet jack, and it immediately got an internet connection. Is there a setting I'm missing or overlooking on the router? Should i be using the LAN port instead?
I contacted Actiontec, but there support only makes sure the connections are right, states everything else is plug n play, and that the router will work without any problem. I contacted Netgear and they said I need two routers for this to work, one as the primary to be the DHCP server and the other as the access point.
My thought process is that the MoCa adapter is an extension of my LAN and could be treated as a direct link to my internet provider(and this is what Actontec would have me to believe as well).
Thanks in advance.