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jcharnet
Guide
Apr 04, 2023

SXR80 Internet Dropping from some devices

Hey Everyone, I have an SXR80 and 2 satellites. Everything works great and I get reliable connection all over my house. However, sometimes a few devices won't connect to the internet. Wifi is conne...
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jcharnet
Guide
Apr 05, 2023

Thank you.

But this is weird, if we haver the AT&T & router strictly acting as an internet modem, how can the modem be able to stop communicating with specific devices? If internet connection drops from the broadband modem, I  would assume internet would drop from all the devices, and would even show "no internet" in the Orbi Status website.

 

Thoughts?

 

Thank you.

 

Joao.

plemans's avatar
plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 05, 2023

Its more a point of poor coding on att's gateways for their "modem only" passthrough mode. 

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    jcharnet
    Guide
    Apr 06, 2023
    I understand, but wouldn’t the issue happen to all devices then?
    • plemans's avatar
      plemans
      Guru - Experienced User
      Apr 06, 2023

      That's why you try things to see if it helps. 

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