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Nighthawk XR500 DOS attacks and losing connection
hi. I have a Nighthawk XR500 on firmware v2.3.2.56. I see in the logs lots of DOS attacks and the router continually loses its connection for 2-30 seconds. I have tried to include a screen shot of...
All of those entries are from a Microsoft IP bar two which are Comcast & Cloudflare so it is highly unlikely they're resulting in that behavior. Upgrade to the beta firmware here and see if you still get the disconnects: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-Pro-Gaming-DumaOS-3-0/New-firmware-XR500-V2-3-2-104-DumaOS3-0-Beta/td-p/1973365/jump-to/first-unread-message
Hi. Based on the link you sent for the Beta firmware, should I be installing this firmware or does it need more testing? In reading the thread there, it seems as though the Beta firmware should not be used.
- It has been removed at the moment so not possible to install it, we should have a new firmware soon though that will hopefully resolve the issues.