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Rax120 v2 constant random rebooting
I have the RAX120 v2 ever since purchase it has been constantly randomly rebooting. I have been through all of netgears troubleshooting guides with and without tech support. After no solution they fin...
I wanted to update this thread. Found out the kids had turned on a really old Amazon Fire Tablet. Each time it access the internet it causes the router to reboot. I threw the tablet in the garbage where it belongs and the router seems stable now for most of the day.
- It's not the devices, it's the router. And it's not just this router, Google random rebooting and you'll find this problem going back through multiple models with Netgear. Love how fast the router is along with great distance, but means nothing when the router reboots ever 30 minutes. Sometimes the router will stay on for 2 days and at other times it reboots 3 times in 15 minutes. The only thing going on the trash with be this router as soon as my new one gets here. Last Netgear product ever in this House. Also, I'll never recommend another Netgear product ever to anyone I consult with.
It was nice while it lasted. With only 2 devices, a MacBook Pro and FireTV, the router is rebooting over and over tonight. This is frusterating for such an expensive router.
- I agree. It was very expensive and it's a piece of garbage. I've tried everything on this. Even extra cooling. Turned off armor, turned off traffic monitoring, I even turned off the LED lights on it. Turned off AX, turned off different bands, it's does nothing, it'll still reboot itself. Based on Google search, looks like this problem had been plaguing Netgear for quite some time across multiple models. Currently researching my next brand.
I guess my experience with my Nighthawk X10 R9000 led me to puirchase another NetGear which is how I ended up with this AX12. The Nighthawk X10 device I have at another property has 50+ devices including 16 security cameras, TV's, tablets, Plex Server, x2 home offices alll hooked to it and it has never rebooted or had any problems. It is truely the best router I've ever used. I guess I'll just look for a used X10.
WHAT?! Guess where that tablet you threw in the trash is gonna go? Likely directly into a municipal landfill not too far from you, crushed and obliterated. every day it rains, remember that the lead and lithium and cadmium coctail of heavy metals are seeping right back into the water table that you (and your family and/or children) depend on every single day. Lead is unsafe at ANY level. There's no safe concentration of lead (among the majority of heavy metals, I cant think of one that isn't catastrophic upon ingestion into the human body). Look up lead toxicity and if you have an intact moral compass, you might feel guilty for throwing that tabet where you thought "...it belongs..." Please people. It is pathetically easy and FREEEEEEE to recycle electronics. Ya know that store you bought your electronics from and where you keep going to buy electronics to this day? Next time you're on your way to buy a new iphone or go to a verizon store or best buy or apple store, take your bag of electronic sh*t that you didn't recklessly throw in the municipal garbage system to that store and tell them to recycle it. For example, at the apple store, they literally have to accept any (safe) e-waste and will figure out how to properly dispose of it for you. It's free. I dropped off two old android devices, a metric ton of faulty charging cables, a few external USB battery packs that stopped working, and even a friggin printer at the Apple Store recently.
Why do people think it is ok to throw a brick full of deadly heavy metals, including lead, straight into the trash can when their lazy ass could easily just take it with them next time they go to Best Buy or the Apple Store where they recover and RECYCLE those rare earth/deadly heavy metals. They're legit treated and processed like toxic waste because they are. You CANNOT throw away anything electronic, including cables and chargers, without being directly responsible for f*cking up the very water, soil, air, food ... etc that your children will depend on in the future just as much as you do now. thank you for your time. Sorry for the essay. Public service announcement
