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Odd router bug. (Nighthawk XR700)
Hello, I'm new to these forums, so I hope this is the right place to post this. Here is my issue. Every day, my router (Nighthawk XR700) "disconnects" itself. The reason for the quotations is b...
I've noticed this exact thing happening over the last two weeks with my Orbi RBR20 with the latest firmware, but it was happening right before I upgraded as well. XBox Live, PSN, my works VPN, etc all showing not connected but I can get to random websites, etc just fine.
Didn't matter if I used Comcast's or Cloudflare's DNS'.
In my case I seem to have to reboot my cable modem and router before I get an actual 100% connection back, as well as reboot my XBox/PS4, etc. on those affected devices.
I have Comcast and today has been the worst day so far (had to reboot 4 times in an hour) hence, came looking to see if anyone else had started a thread (this one).
Something is very wrong here. All the same equipment worked like a champ for years...until 2 weeks ago.
My brother also has an Orbi RBR20 system, also on Comcast, same issue, same time period. 20 miles away from me.
Didn't matter if I used Comcast's or Cloudflare's DNS'.
In my case I seem to have to reboot my cable modem and router before I get an actual 100% connection back, as well as reboot my XBox/PS4, etc. on those affected devices.
I have Comcast and today has been the worst day so far (had to reboot 4 times in an hour) hence, came looking to see if anyone else had started a thread (this one).
Something is very wrong here. All the same equipment worked like a champ for years...until 2 weeks ago.
My brother also has an Orbi RBR20 system, also on Comcast, same issue, same time period. 20 miles away from me.
negated if you post over in the Orbi forum they may be able to help with this: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/bd-p/Orbi
- Figured it out. Disabling Traffic meter (by way of resetting my device, but solved it on a second identical system by just disabling). Seems non specific to Orbi. Have fun.
- Yeah like negated said, going into your settings and disabling the traffic meter fixes the issue completely. I did that a few days ago and it’s been running solid ever since. I wanted to give it a few days before I reported back, just in case it was a fluke. But no it’s been working fine now.
So, if anyone stumbles across this, and is having a similar issue to what I described, just disable the traffic meter from your router settings.