topic Nighthawk AC3200 WiFi Router (R8000) not working in Broadband

Nighthawk AC3200 WiFi Router (R8000) not working

TheMillkman — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 19:49:00 GMT

Hi,

I have just had Sky Fibre (500gb) installed and Sky router is terrible. I want to use my Nighthawk router.

The same router worked fine with Hyperoptics

Do you know if it's compatible?

https://www.netgear.com/home/wifi/routers/r8000/

Re: Nighthawk AC3200 WiFi Router (R8000) not working

mae-3 — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:40:14 GMT

@TheMillkman

The Netgear R8000 doesn't appear to support DHCP Option 61 client identifier for authenticating with Sky broadband but it may work by setting up DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation (PD) which works on about 80% of Sky broadband exchanges.

Alternatively, you could set it up connected to the Sky router by ethernet on one of the LAN ports and set it to wireless Access Point (AP) mode.