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XR500 Ethernet ports die randomly?
So I contacted NetGear within the first 30 days of using the router with an issue where the ethernet ports stop connecting randomly. They instructed me to manually reapply the updated the firmware (2....
Can you send me the firmware aswell or tell us all where to find it at? Thanks in advance
- Sent you a PM Mikey
I am having the same problem as everyone else, replaced the router via RMA. The new XR500 that I received worked for a few months and then started doing the LAN port shutdown again. I have tried going back to previous firmware (from Support), up to current and still no effect. I've tried checking the Disable Port Scan and DoS Protection in the WAN Setup because I always get a slew of DoS Attacks listing in my logs, which are coming from IPs assigned to Microsoft, Bungie, Blizzard, Steam, UPlay, etc. These are all known and good, so why is the Duma OS flagging traffic as an attack??? I would greatly appreciate any ideas because I'm out of them.
- It’s actually a base NETGEAR setting and it’s nothing to worry about at all. Just general internet white noise. If you google the message you’ll see many threads all over this forum saying the same thing.
So in summary, no need to worry!
