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MrPaulka
Feb 23, 2019Aspirant
Nighthawk XR500
Hi, I have the Nighthawk Xr500 Gaming Router (model not listed above) on firmware V2.3.2.40
99% of the time this router is amazing and functions perfectly. But every now and then it randomly s...
Netduma-Fraser
Feb 23, 2019NetDuma Partner
Could you be more specific on stops working? Does the internet for all devices connected to it go down or just ethernet/wifi?
- MrPaulkaFeb 23, 2019Aspirant
All devices get disconnected from the network completely. No internet at all.
Weirdly, the network still shows up as an available network though.
As soon as I take the Nighthawk out of the set up and put the VM Superhub back into Router mode the internet works perfectly.- Netduma-FraserFeb 23, 2019NetDuma PartnerSounds like potentially an issue we're aware of. Do you have a console in Instant On/Standby mode? If so shut them down properly each time, does that resolve it?
- MrPaulkaFeb 23, 2019Aspirant
When you say console I assume you mean games console?
If so, I always have my PS4 switched off when I'm not playing.