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Mouradian
Nov 13, 2020Aspirant
My AX 4300 Nighthawk router disconnects every night since I upgraded the firmware
I used to have issues of losing Wi Fi once a week then every other day since I purchesed the router five months ago and the technical support every time give me new settings to keep it working. now ...
plemans
Nov 15, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Have you tried downgrading the firmware a version or 2?
If you do, do it over a hardwired connection and factory reset after wards. Then do a clean install (not from backup)
Mouradian
Nov 15, 2020Aspirant
Once you upgraded that’s it you can’t downgrade it. I tried when I reset it to factory settings then when I checked for new firmware it said no new firmware update available.
- plemansNov 16, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Mouradian wrote:
Once you upgraded that’s it you can’t downgrade it. I tried when I reset it to factory settings then when I checked for new firmware it said no new firmware update available.You can't downgrade firmware after upgrading? Who told you that? i routinely switch between firmwares.
And factory resetting doesn't change firmware, it only clears out old settings.