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derekcannady
Dec 23, 2021Guide
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...
- Jun 11, 2022Installed 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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JMALEC75
Jan 15, 2023Tutor
So about 80 days and no reboots whatsoever.
My question is,,, What is the beta firmware "fixing" on this obviously trash piece of hardware?
Seems to me that it's dumbing something down to mitigate the issue.
no6969el
Jan 15, 2023Guide
Hello all, I wanted to come back to report on the BETA firmware. I did not want to come back too early and even though I feel a half a month is still too short to report anything, I felt like people are running impatient and the mods need to know the end result.
I have not had any issues requiring a reboot since I updated and factory reset about 16 or so days ago.
The problem for me was different than most reported here and my issue was not the router "rebooting" but instead it seemed like whenever I requested two devices on my network to download a large file at the same time it would "seize" All the lights on top would act as if nothing is wrong but all network functionality was dead, could not even log into the router. Turning the router off and on again would fix this.
Ever since installing the firmware I have not had this issue anymore.
I however have noticed that sometimes the network runs slower than I expect it should, but I have not noticed enough to complain about, just to mention.. perhaps I am just being overly sensitive to it all now.