SXR80 and SXS80 losing connection constantly

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Business WiFi Mesh System&nbsp;latest firmware V4.2.2.130#SXR80 and##SXS80 pair (1 eachYesterday, I started losing connection every 10 mins.&nbsp; The only remedy is either to power cycle the Router or to go to the Basic / Internet page of the router admin portal and hit that "TEST" button.I thought maybe the latest firmware update was the problem.&nbsp; It was installed automatically as of 9/3 I believe.&nbsp; So I downgraded one step back.&nbsp; This seemed to make it last a few hours before the internet would go out.&nbsp; But now again, today, it's going every 10 mins.&nbsp; I went ahead and went back to the latest firmware since that didn't seem to be the issue.&nbsp;Anyone know what I can try?&nbsp; I've also power-cycled the main AP for my ISP.&nbsp; But that didn't seem to help either.

brjacobso · Answer

Ok, thanks.&nbsp; I did end up getting into my ISP's AP to look at settings.&nbsp; I did find pass through mode, and I specified the mac of the orbi router.&nbsp; That's working pretty well right now, so I think that will fix it.&nbsp; I'll see in a few days, if I don't get disconnected anymore I'll be happy.&nbsp; The other funny thing is that the sticker on the orbi has the wrong mac address, it was off by 1 on the last hex digit.&nbsp; I'm glad the AP's tool page detected mac's for me.&nbsp; If I had to type it in from the sticker, it would not have worked.&nbsp; I wonder if the orbi router has an external mac and an internal mac somehow.&nbsp; Anyway, I'll update if anything goes wrong and in a few days find out if there's a way to mark this all solved.

plemans · Answer

You're running it in access point mode?&nbsp;
when the connection drops, do devices connect but say "connected, no internet"
Or what error do you get?&nbsp;

brjacobso · Answer

It's in router mode, but connected to a separate AP from my ISP by cat 7 or 8 cable. So I get fiber from AT&T, they have the fiber go into their AP box. I disabled its integrated wifi because I want to use the mesh of these Orbi devices. Then the orbi has one satellite to help bring the signal to the rest of the house. I have a couple things wired to the orbi router, but the rest of everything is by wireless to either R or S.

Correct, I'll be just working on my work laptop, trying to go to a webpage or send messages in various messaging apps like microsoft teams. Every app that has a way of letting me know they're disconnected starts letting me know, web pages in browsers start going to 'can't access that right now' type messages.

And then if I go to my phone, I'll get the message "do you want to switch to cellular data or continue trying the wifi?".

plemans · Answer

swtiching off the wireless on the att gateway doesn't disable its router functions. It still leaves you in a double nat.&nbsp;
If you have their gateway in router mode, try the netgear in access point mode. that'd fix your double nat.&nbsp;

brjacobso · Answer

Well, I kind of want that.&nbsp; I'm serving up a number of VLANs and using other features that won't be possible if I do AP mode, at least according to some quick searches.&nbsp; AP mode seems to give out IPs on the original LAN that the main AP I have from my ISP is serving.&nbsp; I'll keep researching that as an option.&nbsp; But I don't think that solves the original issue.&nbsp; I've had this setup for about a year without issues.&nbsp; It's been the most stable and fastest wireless I've ever had...until a few days ago.

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