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XR500 Connection Issues
Hello -
I bought an XR500 to replace my R8000 last week. I was tired of some of the issues I was having with the R8000. I had tried a Linksys, but that didn't seem to work out too well. Any...
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That firmare was a steaming pile of crap. I loaded it onto my router and no device on my entire network could get an IP or connect to the Internet. I rebooted my modem and router multiple times to no avail. I even went so far as to do a factory reset on the router which finally got the router to see my connection, but I still couldn't get Internet access on any device, despite multiple reboots, resets forgetting networks etc
Just so I could get back online, I hooked up my old R8000 which went flawless. The XR500 is going back to Best Buy tomorrow. I am not sure if I will try another one or not. I went a router that is going to work out of the box and support all of my devices without me having to jump through constant hoops to keep them working. I understand that I may need to reboot things here and there, but I'm honestly terrified to reboot this thing. I don't know how long I'm going to be down for.
Any other ideas?