Modem changed my router settings and now my IP geolocation is thousands of miles away.

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(ModemV1) So I had a modem issue and contacted my ISP. They came out and replaced my old modem with a new one.

(ModemV2) This new modem was configured for a household in MI (according to the tech) which I believe changed something regarding my routers settings. When connecting (directly or through my router) my geolocation for my IP was in MI when I live in OR. So again I contacted my ISP and they gave me another modem.

(ModemV3) Now when connecting directly to this modem, my IP is geolocated in OR but when I connect through my router it changes back to MI. I think modemV2 changed some settings on my router and I have no idea what to do. I called Netgear (the manufacturer) and they refused to help me unless I pay them. Please help.
 
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geolocation as you can tell lies a lot....its not like you traffic is going to MI.

You likely are getting different IP for your PC and the router. The router likely has a feature that allows you to change the mac address on the wan port. Try to set it to your PC. That should allow the router to get the same address the ISP was giving to the PC.

Large ISP from time to time will move IP blocks to better allocate them to users. The Geolocation stuff tends to be very far behind.

The geolocation means nothing to the performance of your network unless the site you are going to somehow ask one of these geolocation sites for information and then has you use a different server.
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geolocation as you can tell lies a lot....its not like you traffic is going to MI.

You likely are getting different IP for your PC and the router. The router likely has a feature that allows you to change the mac address on the wan port. Try to set it to your PC. That should allow the router to get the same address the ISP was giving to the PC.

Large ISP from time to time will move IP blocks to better allocate them to users. The Geolocation stuff tends to be very far behind.

The geolocation means nothing to the performance of your network unless the site you are going to somehow ask one of these geolocation sites for information and then has you use a different server.
 
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