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Bcon
Aspirant
Feb 24, 2019

Netgear xr 500 router DISCONNECT ISSUES WITH XBOX 1X

My XR 500 router was doing fine since October when I bought it. The last few weeks I've been getting disconnect issues on a "daily" basis when I wasn't on my xbox or PC. I notice this when I'm inacti...
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Bcon
Aspirant
Feb 25, 2019

I have 2 PC's and my xbox1x all hardwired. As far as neighbors with wifi. I have one neighbor that has it. I live in a rural area. My issue is a xbox instant on capability issue with this router like the previous poster mentioned. I'm fine with that. Since I went to energy saver mode I also notice my controller connects up all the time where as before sometimes it didn't. 

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Feb 25, 2019

So does the xbox seem to be working better now? 

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    Bcon
    Aspirant
    Feb 25, 2019

    so far yeah. I haven't had any disconnects from my controller to the console. It take a xtra minute to log into my game with power save mode on. I can live with that.