on 30-09-2021 09:26
Please can someone give this total newbie simple and clear instructions on how to connect the sh3 to this router with a cat 7 cable. I need all the help I can get lol. Thanks in advance...👍
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on 30-09-2021 14:19
on 30-09-2021 14:19
on 30-09-2021 16:45
Thank you so much for the advice jbrennand, It's helped me enormously. I am connected up but I'm not getting the 110 Mbps that was constant before. I think things might improve as my speed started at 18 and now varies between 35- 60 so perhaps I should leave it alone and see what happens? In the meantime if anyone can give further advice with my Tenda ac2100 and hub 3 I'd appreciate the help. I know quite a few have suffered speed loss with hub 3 and their own routers. This forum is fabulous and I'm so glad it exists for people with little knowledge like myself.
on 02-10-2021 17:15
Hi there @John107
Thank you so much for your post and I'm so sorry to hear you had these issues! Huge thank you @jbrennand for their help on this, it appears to have been very useful!
Can I ask how your speeds are looking since your last post?
Thank you.
on 02-10-2021 20:35
on 02-10-2021 22:28
By the way it is useless to use Cat7 cables, there are not covered by any international standards, but are only produced by some manufacturers. Also they have their own connectors that are said to be back compatible with standard RJ45 connectors, but who knows. With VM equipment there is no need to use anything other than Cat5E or Cat 6 cables, although if you want to waste money use Cat6a or Cat8 cables by all means.
on 31-10-2021 12:05
I'm following (trying to!)the instructions for connecting the AC2100 router to the Hub3.
The bit I can't get is how I connect to the Tenda router to ensure it's using DCHP mode. Don't I need to be connected to the internet first to log on to the Tenda? But I can't connect to the internet until the router and Hub are speaking to each other. I'm clearly missing something.
What aren't I getting?
on 31-10-2021 12:58
PMFJI
No, you connect to the router via it's IP address.? It is all internal, no internet needed.
If you do not know what that is, then open a command window with cmd and type in 'ipconfig' without the quotes.
The default gateway value will be your router ip address.
Log in using whatever credentials it uses?, normally admin and a password displayed on the bottom of the router.
Then find the DHCP setting.
https://www.tendacn.com/en/service/download-cata-12.html
HTH
31-10-2021 14:16 - edited 31-10-2021 14:17
You need to connect a cable from a pc or laptop to one of the lan ports on the tenda. The static IP address on the laptop should be in the same range as the tenda. Some routers will be 192.168.0.xxx range or 192.168.1.xxx
So a laptop of 192.168.1.10 will connect to the tenda if it is 192.168.1.1
Once connected you can set the WAN details to be DHCP.
Disconnect the laptop and follow Johns instructions.
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on 28-07-2022 18:58
Hello!
Thanks for the guide you posted. Unfortunately I am having no luck getting this router to work. Modem mode works fine when the PC is plugged in directly, but via the router I get "Disconnected. Please contact your ISP for help"
The connection is obviously fine since PC direct to hub works. Just this router is playing up