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Nighthawk M6 Pro turns itself off a couple of times a day
I recently purchased an M6 PRO from Telstra to replace an AC800S that was an always-on service in our home. The AC800S battery swelled and exploded, nearly combusting in the process.... Luckily it dr...
Yes, I have the same problem! We have one at our house as a fixed internet solution because that's all we can get in the rural area we live. The previous model worked great until AT&T made it quit working. No problem. We upgraded to the 5G M6 Pro and it worked fine until it started powering itself down. The other issue is that some of the devices won't automatically reconnect when it's powered back up. Namely Google Nest products and Sonos. Not sure where to go from here. Netgear support has been very unhelpful so far and hard to understand.
wscholl you make a very good point, every time we power up the M6 PRO, all of our Google Home/Nest products need to be rebooted, as it's only those devices which do not reconnect. I have even tried setting a static IP to those devices, and it made no difference. And as mentioned, we are not using the M6 PRO for wifi or DHCP services.