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mctalks's avatar
Jun 13, 2023

Nighthawk LAX20 randomly resetting SOLVED

I've posted about this issue before. To recap from a previous post:

 

" This is for anyone with a Nighthawk LAX20 WIFI 6 router who may be having issues with the 4G LTE connection constantly resetting. As you know, trying to get work done while constantly losing the internet connection, even for just a few seconds is tedious and frustrating.

 

I don't have access to cable internet where I live, so I'm using my LAX20 with 4G LTE only ( Verizon Wireless ). It's great, when it works, but as described above, the connection kept resetting every few minutes, particularly when uploading/downloading files and using the Firefox browser at the same time."

 

SOLVED!

After trying a few different software " fixes " including using different virus software ( which helped to a brief period ), my problem was never completely resolved until now. In Router options, under internet, I had my PDP Type set to PDP-IPv4v6 ( the 3rd option ). Since I don't have mine connected to a cable modem, I knew that the 2nd option, IPv6 wasn't going to work but for some reason, thought the IPv4v6 option was simply a next generation v4 connection. Yes, I feel pretty stupid for not realizing that it was simply a combination of the 2 different technologies. After switching to the 1st option, PDP-IPv4, the problem of random resets has completely vanished. If this post somehow helps someone else, I'm willing to suffer my embarrassment publicly! LOL

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