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derekcannady's avatar
derekcannady
Guide
Dec 23, 2021
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RAX120 V2 Constant Random Reboots

The router reboots  frequently sometimes every 30 minutes. I have noticed that the router reboots under heavy system load of +50% on the processor.  The only way I have been able to drastically lesse...
  • UnKnOwN-SiA's avatar
    UnKnOwN-SiA
    Jun 11, 2022
    Installed beta firmware 1.2.3.33 on it and then turn fan on in debug.htm. Just check mark it , don’t click on apply.
    And bought a cool pad from amazon $10 . 4 days in a row no restart and router works perfect.

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Kidhack's avatar
Kidhack
Star
Oct 11, 2022
Sadly this has got to be the most popular topic on the Netgear forum.

BTW it just crashed again. No WiFi, no internet, suck in hell.
  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru
    Oct 11, 2022

    You'll need to contact NG support to see if they can help you. Seems that users are getting replacements from NG.

    Kidhack wrote:
    Sadly this has got to be the most popular topic on the Netgear forum.

    BTW it just crashed again. No WiFi, no internet, suck in hell.

     

  • dude8370's avatar
    dude8370
    Star
    Oct 18, 2022

    Happy to report the replacement router has been rock solid for 2 weeks, 0 reboots no matter what is thrown at it. 

    • Tiberius675a's avatar
      Tiberius675a
      Star
      Oct 18, 2022
      Same here. Looked last night. Uptime 18 plus days.