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rax120_rax80
Mar 09, 2020Apprentice
RAX120 Router Random Disconnects
Hey everyone, I know that I'm not the only one with problems on the Nighthawk WiFi 6 devices, but thought I'd post my most recent headache. My hardware consists of a Motorola MB8600 DOCS 3.1 modem w/...
machie27
Apr 03, 2020Initiate
As others also mentioned, what also did work, was a factory reset and complete input your settings from scratch(manually). This also worked for me, 36h and counting..
jlloo7
Apr 12, 2020Aspirant
I got the same issue, came after config by Nightawk app and did some modification over the web UI. Quickly said, RX120 lost is DNS mind, was ok okay for few hours after reboot.
So, do a "factory reset", reconfig it by config by Nightawk app and go to www.routerlogin.net and modify JUST ONCE and ONLY what it need to be modified.
Now my RAX120 is running well since 48 hours, thanks to the commnunity!!!
@ Netgear team,
Can it be fixed please?
- erikkellisonApr 20, 2020Aspirant
In case you all were wondering, after a bit of reading and decising on a mesh network instead of this flaming hunk of junk, I ended up with Google Nest. No, it's not OFDMA, nor is it WiFi-6. The router is only AC2200 and the satellites AC1200.
The sad part is that independent speed testing puts the Google Nest almost as fast in close proximity to the router (~500 Mb/s vs. ~600 Mb/s), but at longer distances, I have increased speed 2-3x. Sad that an "old technology router mesh network" can trounce something as allegedly fancy as the RAX120. I'm also noticing less connectivity issues with my Goole Chromecast and Chromecast Audio netowrk. My tune might change when we actually get WiFi-6 devices, but for the next few years, I imagine I'll be quite happy with this setup.
For the record, I was going to get the Orbi mesh setup (reluctantly because it's Netgear too, and their CS has proven to be a joke), but fortuitously Costco was out, and having done enough reading, I learned that Next was pretty damn good, so 1 impulse purchase later, I'm quite happy. Not to mention that I no longer have a giant Star Wars-esque spaceship cluttering my office.
- NewfiedroolApr 20, 2020Virtuoso
Sorry to hear you never got on with the RAX120. Got to say though I've never had issues with CS, I've always found them helpful when I've needed to contact them.
good luck with your new router.
- dj2819Apr 20, 2020Apprentice
I just got this router last week and during setup I did a firmware update to the latest (.118). I haven't noticed any issues for the 4-5 days of uptime until this weekend when my fiancée's iPhone 11 Pro remained connected to the network but no websites would load. Turning off her WiFi fixed the issue but reconnected caused the issue again. Other devices were working fine. A restart of the router fixed the issue for her phone.
Is this a sympton of the DNS issues that everyone is having in this thread?