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tramperB
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Nov 15, 2022
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NightHawk MR60 resets VPN service after reboot

Hi, hoping someone can assist with this one.   I've enabled (and applied) the VPN sevice on my NightHawk MR60 (FW: V1.1.7.132_2.0.64 which is the current version) and all works fine. The problem i...
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    tramperB
    Nov 16, 2022

    OK, managed to have an hour with the router.

    First, I enabled & set up a bogus DDNS.  Rebooted the router and both DDNS & VPN services became disabled (ie issue still occurring).

     

    So, I did a hard reset (button push) and set up the router again.  Then set VPN service to enabled & applied.  Re-booted the router and ... VPN service remained enabled.

     

    So, restored the previous backed up settings and rebooted the router.  VPN service remained enabled.

     

    So, a hard factory reset fixed the issue (thanks for the suggestion).  I'm short of time now so I have not tested if the soft factory reset now works as well - I presume that, too, is fixed.

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tramperB
Guide
Nov 15, 2022

Only difference is that I don't enable DDNS - I have a static IP.  Can you try it like that?

(ie enable VPN service, apply, acknowledge the DDNS pop up but don't set DDNS.  Then reboot.

 

(edit: I'm using Win10 & Chrome - but that should be irrelevant)

(edit: re-tested via Firefox with same result)

tramperB's avatar
tramperB
Guide
Nov 16, 2022

OK, managed to have an hour with the router.

First, I enabled & set up a bogus DDNS.  Rebooted the router and both DDNS & VPN services became disabled (ie issue still occurring).

 

So, I did a hard reset (button push) and set up the router again.  Then set VPN service to enabled & applied.  Re-booted the router and ... VPN service remained enabled.

 

So, restored the previous backed up settings and rebooted the router.  VPN service remained enabled.

 

So, a hard factory reset fixed the issue (thanks for the suggestion).  I'm short of time now so I have not tested if the soft factory reset now works as well - I presume that, too, is fixed.