Tips & Tricks: How to Set up Nighthawk RAX80 Router?
Netgear Nighthawk RAX80 router is one of the recommended wireless routers to establish your local home network. However, many users, especially tech newbie commonly face difficulties during Netgear Nighthawk setup at their home or workplace.
But before pursuing towards Nighthawk RAX80 setup process, it’s good to get familiar with the device.
About Netgear Nighthawk RAX80 Router
The Nighthawk RAX80 delivers ultra-fast wireless speeds up to 6Gbps. It comes with two USB 3.O ports i.e. 10 times faster than USB 2.0. Plus, it includes six Gigabit ports for faster file transfer and uninterrupted connections.
Netgear RAX80 router is powered by a 1.8GHz quad-core processor to boost your home wireless, wired, and WAN-to-LAN network performance.
Nighthawk RAX80 Router Configuration Interface
One of the most interesting features of the Nighthawk RAX80 router is the web-based setup interface. Once you connected to the router, the web-based setup interface is accessed by entering the default Netgear router login credentials.
When the RAX80 web-based interface is loaded, it will display the following tabs: Setup, Wireless Security, Application and Gaming, Status, and Access Restriction. A few variations in the menu tabs might be observed depending on the Netgear Nighthawk model you own.
Functions of Netgear RAX80 Router Menu Tabs
- Setup – Entry path for the setup of Internet connection, MAC Address clone, DDNS, and advanced router features.
- Wireless – Entry path for MAC filtering, wireless security, and both basic and advanced WiFi settings.
- Security – Configuration of the Netgear router’s firewall and VPN service.
- Access Restriction – Setup for restricting outbound or inbound Internet traffic, network computers, Internet hosts.
- Application and Gaming – Permits internal application servers for the Internet, management of quality of service on the local network, and setup of DMZ feature.
- Administration – Netgear router troubleshooting, security and logging features, Netgear router default configuration, and testing.
- Status – Shows the local network, wireless network, and router’s connectivity status.
Set up Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi 6 Router
Step 1 – Connect the Nighthawk RAX80 router to an electric power outlet and wait for the device LED to turn into solid green.
Step 2 – Connect your RAX80 router to the modem with the help of an Ethernet cable.
Step 3 – Run any of the web browsers on your computer and visit routerlogin web page.
Step 4 – Enter the Nighthawk default router login credentials and hit on the ‘Log In’ button.
Step 5 – You will land on the Nighthawk router web-based interface.
Step 6 – Follow the on-screen prompted instructions to set up your RAX80 as per your requirements.
Step 7 – Once done, hit on the Save button to apply the changes.
Step 8 – Press Windows + R key and type CMD in the box.
Step 9 – Type ‘ping google.com’ and hit the Enter key.
Step 10 – If you get responses back something similar like mentioned-below, then you have successfully set up your Nighthawk router.
Pinging google.com [172.217.166.206] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 172.217.166.206: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=54
Reply from 172.217.166.206: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=54
Reply from 172.217.166.206: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=54
Reply from 172.217.166.206: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=54
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