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RAX 120 V1 Firmware Version 1.28.40 constantly powering off and rebooting multiple times
Going through my wit's end. My router has been powering on and off multiple times a day as of the past few days.
Have tried confirming it is on the latest firmware, have factory reset it, tried connecting the router to different outlets, even tried temporarily disabling WMM to no avail.
Router serial starts with 5VE
Purchased in August 2020 (less than three years old)
The only way I can get it to work again temporarily is by taking out the PSU cable plugged directly into the router 2-3 times before I can get the lights to appear again on the router. Seems like a hardware issue but Netgear's team hasn't been very much help.
Any advice would be super appreciated!
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What is the Mfr and model# of the Internet Service Providers modem/ONT the NG router is connected too?
Be sure your using a good quality LAN cable between the modem and router. CAT6 is recommended.Are you using the Yellow WAN port in back for the connected to the modem or the mutli gig port?
What all do you have connected to the router?
What are you doing when the router does this reboot?
What channels are you using? Auto? Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and 40 to 48 channel on 5Ghz.
Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many?How is Advanced WiFi Settings configured?
You have a v1 RAX so the beta mentioned in the forums is targeted for v2 that were seeing reboots. v1s were not seeing this issue. Hoping maybe with some troubleshooting, we can figure this out. I don't believe NG supported the beta on v1s since nobody with v1s saw problems like users with v2s did.
Do you have or have ever had the following enabled? Armor, SPC or Traffic Meter?
Hey Furry, thanks for the quick response. I don't have a modem that the router is connected to as my ISP does not require this. The router is directly connected via a fibre cable to an outlet in the wall set up by my service provider, Fibrestream: https://www.fibrestream.ca/faqs#:~:text=You%20need%20a%20Wi%2DFi,Modems%20are%20not%20compatible.
I am using a CAT8 ethernet cable between all my devices and the router. I am using the 5G/multi-gig port not the WAN port. < What is the connection rate supported on the ISP ONT? 1Gb or 2.5Gb? If 2.5Gb, CAT6A STP would be recommended, not UTP.
Have you tried the Yellow WAN port on the RAX connected to the ISP ONT?
The router has done this reboot when I have only had my mobile phone (iPhone 12 Pro Max) actively using Wi-Fi and am surfing the web late at night. It seems intermittent as there are only a maximum of 7 devices connected to the router at any given time. I eliminated the possibility of overheating as the router is not warm to the touch when it has performed the reboot.
I live in an apartment complex so there are a few neighbouring wifi's nearby though not many (about 10 or so from what I can see in the list) - I am on the 24th floor in a building of 32 floors.
Is there any Transmit power settings under Advanced Tab/Advanced/Wireless Settings?
I have attached a screenshot of my advanced wireless settings as requested.I do not have Armor nor have ever enabled it, same with SPC I believe. Traffic Meter was the same until last night as I wanted to see the usage/logs but then disabled it. To confirm, before this I had never enabled Traffic Meter and the issues were occurring before I had ever enabled this.
Hope this helps!Do you have a screen capture of the Advanced WiFi Settings under Advanced Tab/Advanced/Wifi Settings?
Where to download the beta version FW 1.2.8.43-rc for RAX120v1
