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jasa
Aug 13, 2023Aspirant
Is continuous uptime a pipe dream?
I thought that using router other than the one my internet provider rents, Spectrum’s Sagecom SAX1V1S, would be a good decision. I’ve tried several routers from ASUS and NETGEAR and they ha...
FURRYe38
Aug 13, 2023Guru - Experienced User
What is the first 3 characters of the routers serial number?
jasa wrote:
I thought that using router other than the one my internet provider rents, Spectrum’s Sagecom SAX1V1S, would be a good decision. I’ve tried several routers from ASUS and NETGEAR and they have all rebooted on their own at random times. Sometimes it was for firmware updates. Sometimes after the reboots settings are altered and more devices on wifi are blocked. I’m currently using a NETGEAR RAX120v2 and the longest uptime I’ve had is 2 days. I thought that changing ADVANCED > Administration > Firmware Update setting would stop the automatic reboots but neither choice has made a difference. I’ve never had this problem with the internet provider’s routers.
jasa
Aug 13, 2023Aspirant
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- FURRYe38Aug 13, 2023Guru - Experienced User
Please load this beta version:
Many users have posted back to me that this resolved there odd reboot issues.
Factory reset the router after the FW has been processed by the router and setup from scratch. Do not load a saved backup configuration from file. Just do a clean setup.
Recommend setting the default DHCP IP address pool range to the following after applying and a factory reset: 192.168.#.100 to 192.168.#.200.
https://kb.netgear.com/24089/How-do-I-specify-the-pool-of-IP-addresses-assigned-by-my-Nighthawk-router- jasaAug 13, 2023Aspirant
Thanks, I will try this when the wifi's not in use sometime this week.