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R9000 Losing Wired Ehternet Ports - AGAIN
I have the Nighthawk R9000 modem and when I first got it at the beginning of 2020, I was having problems losing the wired ethernet ports every day and I had to reboot the modem and the router to rest...
When the newest firmware upgrade failed again after a few hours, I took your advice and loaded the previous version. Looking at the version dates, it made sense. I started having problems as soon as the newest version was loaded. So far, so good. Thank you.
I am surprised how a company like Netgear can update equipment with faulty firmware.
When the newest firmware upgrade failed again after a few hours, I took your advice and loaded the previous version. Looking at the version dates, it made sense. I started having problems as soon as the newest version was loaded. So far, so good. Thank you.
I am surprised how a company like Netgear can update equipment with faulty firmware.
In such as case, since wired connectivity is heavily tested, I wonder, with any of the more recent updates, were any settings relating to power saving functions on Ethernet, such as Green Ethernet and other related functions changed? Sometimes areas like that can cause issues with some cables, especially extremely slim cables.