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RAX40 dropping signal
Anyone else experiencing signal loss randomly with latest firmware? ISP is good, router works fine after reboot, but it's almost daily and sometimes twice a day. Running Firmware V1.0.3.80_1....
- I ended up swapping for an ASUS AX3000. This being the final straw, I have had multiple issues over the last year and change from SmartConnect not working at all to spontaneous reboots. I couldn’t go much more than a week without some sort of issue.
Yeah same for me, in that it appears to suddenly have no internet, even though the internet status is showing connected/good.
Also the 5Ghz wireless randomly seems to stop working, even though 2.4Ghz works fine. I've tried different channels for 5Ghz but makes no difference, plus all the wireless checks indicate the channel its on is suffering no interference etc...
Of course, also on V1.0.3.80_1.0.1 and none of this happened before this version.
Went back to the previous version of firmware 1.0.3.64 and all the problems go away. The greater problem is they still have crap version still up on their download page and any router that set to auto update will get the bad version. It seem they don't care. Also my router has recently reached the end of their 90 day free support and they keep asking me to NOW pay for support. Fat chance! If you went throught the posts on this issue you will notice that there are a whole lot a people with the same problems. I had three diffent spport people tell me about what they thoght was the problem. I finally figured it out and with the help of the last support person, I reverted to the previous version.
Good Luck
- So the support people know to revert your previous firmware and they are unwilling to take the firmware down? This is just crazy...