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RBK50 Keeps Dropping all Connections
my RBK50 has been acting up for the last few weeks. The speed had to 300Mbps on a Gigabit connection, drops all connections once or twice a day, and then comes back up (The logs don't show anything o...
What actual modem is it connected to?
I know the light is green, but when it goes down, do hardwired devices work?
What firmware is on the satellites? (not just the router)
It's connected to an Arris tg3452a modem and the satellite and the router are on the same firmware. I've checked the modem periodically and it clocks 900Mbps continuously. I'm leaning more toward the router because it fully disconnects the connections. i've had one or two minor ISP outages in the last year and in all those cases, my devices were still connected to the Router Wifi (even though the modem lacked internet access).
That modem? Isn't just a modem.
Its a modem/router combo device and causes a double nat.
A double nat happens when you cascade more than 1 router.
https://kb.netgear.com/30186/What-is-Double-NAT
Fixes? There’s 3 options but only use 1.
1. Put the modem/gateway in modem only/pass through mode. This disables its routing functions.
2. Leave the modem/gateway in router mode but put the Netgears IP address into its DMZ. This forwards the data to the netgear. You can either leave the modem/gateway’s wireless enabled or disabled. Just make sure its using a different wifi channel to prevent interference
3. Put the Netgear into access point mode. This disables its routing functions. Wifi/ethernet still works but it does disable some features.
https://kb.netgear.com/26765/Which-features-are-disabled-on-my-NETGEAR-router-when-it-is-set-to-AP-Mode- Thanks a lot for the detailed response! Sorry, should've put this in my original post, but it's already in the bridge mode and it's strictly used as a modem with the Orbi handling the Wifi.