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pfworks
Jan 03, 2018Guide
RBS50 dropping internet connectivity
A few days ago, my satellite really started disconneting from the internet. I applied the 2.1.1.16 update, and it isn't helping. I can see everything on my internal network, but the satellite can't r...
jillwaters
Jan 03, 2018Aspirant
irrespective of model it appears that this issue is common to many netgear products - they have a built in obsolence that means they fail after a few months - check out the posts here
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/home_electronics/netgear.html
Netgear programme their routers to fail so that they can charge between 150 and 50 dollars for a 'fix' that means you get one off product support.
i am still seraching online to figure out how to fix my router - it is a settings issue but they still want more than the cost of the router to tell me how to get it to work
- aazJan 03, 2018Virtuoso
No, it's just that they don't know what they are doing. Nothing malicious - just plain old stupidity!