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XR500 not connecting to wired devices
Hi there, I seem to have been lucky when it comes to this router as I’ve seen some horror stories of others’ issues, but none of them are quite like this, originally the only issue I had was not being...
- After fiddling around for an hour more last night, I woke up to that message and tried that firmware, no dice, however I believe I have now solved it via much trial and error.
Looks like my readynas424 which I’ve already had countless issues with is causing all wired devices to disconnect whenever it’s plugged in, I’m assuming it’s flooding dhcp requests or something similar... thank you for your help, I’ll go back to my 424 thread to figure out a solution for that.
Please try this firmware and factory reset after as it should fix the issue https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-Pro-Gaming-DumaOS-3-0/New-Firmware-v2-3-2-120-XR500/m-p/2072821
- After fiddling around for an hour more last night, I woke up to that message and tried that firmware, no dice, however I believe I have now solved it via much trial and error.
Looks like my readynas424 which I’ve already had countless issues with is causing all wired devices to disconnect whenever it’s plugged in, I’m assuming it’s flooding dhcp requests or something similar... thank you for your help, I’ll go back to my 424 thread to figure out a solution for that.- Well done for figuring it out. Keep us posted on how you get on!