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XR500 Lease Time Issues
I am still having issues the lease time ending and causing loss of internet for at least a minute. Is there plans to update the firmware so I can control the time of this issue and the duration? ...
Joshwilmott11 I would suggest you post here: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/bd-p/home-wifi-routers-nighthawk as that may be a different issue and it also uses different software to the XR range.
Why can’t you update the firmware to allow the lease time to be changed by the admin? This is just a simple thing that cheap $35 routers have. I find it to be a deal breaker. If they don’t change this my next router will be another brand.
- That is for Netgear to do, I have mentioned this to them before so hopefully they will introduce this. As of right now you can renew the WAN lease in Settings > Monitoring > Connection Status but not the LAN as far as I can tell.
I'd really appreciate Netgear allow manual designation of DHCP release times. This is starting to drive me bonkers, especially since working at home and needing as constant a connection to my work's VPN. It's really not good enough and it's pushing me to move on and give up on both Netgear and DumaOS.
- Is agree it is a big issue. Seems like it was an oversight.