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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/...
I used to have random disconnects quite often but I changed 2 settings that seemed to help out a lot. Not sure which one did the trick but I changed the NTP to a custom server us.pool.ntp.org and I started using SmartDNS service as a backup DNS to my ISP’s dns (so ISP is the first dns listed in my router then SmartDNS service has the second and third listing) and for whatever reason my disconnects completely stopped on my RAX120. Like I said not sure why those did the trick but been going strong for a few months now.
Gonna try your suggestion and will report back howver i used googles time.google.com for npt server and googles primary and secondary dns
Placesandspaces wrote:
I used to have random disconnects quite often but I changed 2 settings that seemed to help out a lot. Not sure which one did the trick but I changed the NTP to a custom server us.pool.ntp.org and I started using SmartDNS service as a backup DNS to my ISP’s dns (so ISP is the first dns listed in my router then SmartDNS service has the second and third listing) and for whatever reason my disconnects completely stopped on my RAX120. Like I said not sure why those did the trick but been going strong for a few months now.