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twalls1
Oct 26, 2018Aspirant
XR700 WAN Interface Going Up/Down Periodically
Hello,
Just got a new XR700 today. I have found that the WAN interface is going down briefly and coming back up every 10-20 minutes or so. This did not happen previously with my XR500 while con...
- Oct 26, 2018
I downgraded the firmware from 1.0.1.2 to 1.0.0.20 and did a factory reset. The WAN port has stayed up for over 2 hours now, so this is very promising. Disappointing to lose the Hybrid VPN, but I'd rather have a stable connection at this point.
XSvirusSAFE
Oct 29, 2018Star
I have found a fix for connecting dropped issue and it is link to ipv6. After many hours of review logs and connection testing I found there was bug within the firmware. I not 100% what it is as I not able to go in to code but it linked to ARP table.
As long as turn on ipv6 and make sure ipv6 DHCP on it will fix it the issue. After this no more connection dropping. I played two hours on wow and perfect.
As long as turn on ipv6 and make sure ipv6 DHCP on it will fix it the issue. After this no more connection dropping. I played two hours on wow and perfect.