Netgear Nighthawk Router Not Connected to Internet (Solved)

Netgear Nighthawk Router Not Connected to Internet (Solved)

Netgear Nighthawk WiFi router is a perfect choice for big house. It will give access to user to use internet services anywhere in your house without any interruption. But, some cases that you can face troubles like Netgear Nighthawk router not connected to internet or router interface is opening, but internet is not connected. We will provide every solution to fix these two technical errors easily.

Netgear Nighthawk Router Not Connected to Internet

There can be many small reasons of the Netgear Nighthawk router not connected to internet, look at them;

  • Cables are damaged connected to the WiFi router.
  • Ethernet cable is not connected to the router and modem correct ports.
  • ISP needs a special configuration and you haven’t done yet.
  • Internet services are weak in your area.

Have a look at the solutions;

Restart Nighthawk Router

You can restart Netgear Nighthawk router, that will refresh the settings and then you can easily use the internet services.

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There are two ways to restart the router;

  • Plug the router power adapter from the electric wall socket and plug it in again.
  • Find and press the Power button on the router for two times.

Check All Connected Cables

Cables connected to the router like power cord and Ethernet cable must be connected to the router and modem correct ports. Also check them closely, and make sure that it is in good condition. If you find any damaged, then replace the cable right away.

You can also face one other issues related to the internet, which is you can open Netgear GUI but the internet is not connected to the device. Let’s take a look at reason and solutions;

Netgear GUI Opened But Internet Not Connected

There can be mini causing factors that can cause this above mentioned issue;

  • ISP need special configuration.
  • Router is running on the WAP IP address.
  • DNS settings set wrongly.
  • Netger Router setup not done yet.

Let’s solve this issue straight and make the Netgear Nighthawk router internet services safe;

Check WAN IP Address of Router

Mostly, your ISP provides fixed IP address to the router, but router requests a wide area network (WAN) IP from the ISP. You can make sure that request was successful or not. follow these below instructions to check;

  • Connect a computer to router and access the interface through routerlogin.net.
  • On the home page, select the Administration> Router Status. now check IP address is shown for Internet port.
  • If you are seeing 0.0.0.0, then it means router has not obtained IP yet from the ISP.

Check Router DNS Settings

If there is no IP address issue (router has an IP address), but computer does not loading any web pages, and then your computer is not recognizing any domain name system (DNS) address.

To solve this problem you can assign new DNS IP address to your router manually. or you can request new DNS configured address to your ISP.

The End Thought

Here, you have seen and learned how to solve Netgear Nighthawk router not connected to Internet issues easily.

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