Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream AX6000 WiFi Router
Specify Your Internet Settings
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User Manual
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UseTheseDNSServers. If you know that your ISP requires specific servers, select this
option. Enter the IP address of your ISP’s primary DNS server. If a secondary DNS server
address is available, enter it also.
13.
Select a Router MAC Address radio button:
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Use Default Address. Use the default MAC address.
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Use Computer MAC Address. The router captures and uses the MAC address of the
computer that you are now using. You must use the one computer that the ISP allows.
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Use This MAC Address. Enter the MAC address that you want to use.
14.
Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
15.
Click the Test button to test your Internet connection.
If the NETGEAR website does not display within one minute, see You Cannot Access the
Internet on page 164.
Specify IPv6 Internet connections
You can set up an IPv6 Internet connection if the router does not detect it automatically.
To set up an IPv6 Internet connection:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the router
network.
2.
Enter the router admin user name and password.
The user name is admin. The password is the one that you specified the first time that you
logged in. The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
3.
Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > IPv6. The IPv6 page displays.
4.
From the Internet Connection Type menu, select the IPv6 connection type:
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If you are not sure, select Auto Detect so that the router detects the IPv6 type that is in
use.
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If your Internet connection does not use PPPoe or DHCP, or is not fixed, but is IPv6, select
Auto Config.
Your Internet service provider (ISP) can provide this information.
5.
Click the Apply button.
