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Smitty1911
May 05, 2018Initiate
RBR50 Unable to refresh new external IP
Several days ago my internet connectivity started to become unstable. After many reboots and a few resets later, I was rarely staying connected. I contacted my ISP and everything looked good on the...
FURRYe38
May 06, 2018Guru - Experienced User
If anything, a factory reset should wipe the WAN side DHCP cache out, then if it's connected to the ISP modem, walk thru the set up wizard and after thats complete, you should see what ever new IP address it gets from the ISP modem/service.
I would turn OFF the ISP modem for 30 seconds then back ON and let it sync with the ISP service, then do the factory reset on the router.