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WiscWildcat
Aspirant
Sep 26, 2023
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Orbi RBR750 Constantly Drops Azure VPN Signal

I need the Azure VPN for work, but it drops constantly. Sometimes it will only be up for 30 seconds, usually it drops every 6 minutes, occasionally it will stay up for a few hours.   I missed the...
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    WiscWildcat
    Sep 29, 2023

    I'm going to rule this IP change a successful fix -- I'm still connected, two days later, including over two nights.  Gotta break that string, though. Windows wants updates. ⁠

     

    So, to anyone else with this issue -- first just try a simple Router reboot just in case that's all that's needed.

    If that doesn't fix it, go into your Netgear Admin, Advanced, LAN Setup, and change the starting IP address of your DHCP server to something higher.

     

    I set mine to 150, but I am going to experiment when no one else is home to see if a lower range will still work, and to take it off altogether to make sure this was, indeed the problem, and not something a simple router reboot would have fixed.

     

     

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WiscWildcat
Aspirant
Sep 27, 2023

I don't know what to tell you, CrimpOn, but others have reported resolving the problem this way, and since I made that change hours ago, the Azure VPN has not dropped me even once.

 

Unless I just got lucky again? For...how, if it's not an IP conflict?  then I'd say this solution worked for me.

 

Still going to give it a few days before I mark this as the answer.

WiscWildcat's avatar
WiscWildcat
Aspirant
Sep 29, 2023

I'm going to rule this IP change a successful fix -- I'm still connected, two days later, including over two nights.  Gotta break that string, though. Windows wants updates. ⁠

 

So, to anyone else with this issue -- first just try a simple Router reboot just in case that's all that's needed.

If that doesn't fix it, go into your Netgear Admin, Advanced, LAN Setup, and change the starting IP address of your DHCP server to something higher.

 

I set mine to 150, but I am going to experiment when no one else is home to see if a lower range will still work, and to take it off altogether to make sure this was, indeed the problem, and not something a simple router reboot would have fixed.