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Only connecting on 2nd try.
I've had the R7850 for a little over 2 years. I live in College housing, so I don't have access to the Modem, but just recently, it has started giving me issues connecting on the first try. Every tim...
There was an update released 5 days ago.
You can try a factory reset and see if that helps.
If it doesn't try downgrading a version of the firmware. Maybe it introduced the DNS issues that some other models have experienced on the latest firwmare.
This started about a week ago, I thought it was just school internet, but nobody else near me is having issues, and it's been getting worse and worse.
Firmware Version
V1.0.5.76_10.1.82
I've contacted the school IT and they don't know anything about how the system is set up. but I've had it working just fine for 2 years up until now.
There was an update released 5 days ago.
You can try a factory reset and see if that helps.
If it doesn't try downgrading a version of the firmware. Maybe it introduced the DNS issues that some other models have experienced on the latest firwmare.
Downgrading the firmware appears to have been a solution (for now).
glad it fixed it for you!