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wibblewibble99
Apr 20, 2023Initiate
RAX50 stopping wired & wifi connections around 2am every few days?!
About every 3 days the router is stopping working overnight. It happened at 0205 today. Happened 0224 last Thursday, 0254 this Tuesday. I tested it this morning when it wasn't working - the main an...
plemans
Apr 20, 2023Guru
it wouldn't be the first time an ISP's gateway didn't function properly in passthrough/modem only mode.
Try putting it in router mode (wifi disabled) and put the netgears IP address in the DMZ (or the netgear in ap mode) and try it that route.
- wibblewibble99Apr 25, 2023Initiate
Thanks for that. Happened again last night around same time (about 3 days since the last time).
Is it likely it's the Virgin modem causing that? As the router is stopping wired as well as wireless connections working when this error occurs?
Wondered if it could be something like log filling up? But couldn't see any way to alter those settings
- plemansApr 25, 2023Guru
If the ISP modem/router is in router mode, connect a pc/device to that one and watch it. Next time it drops, see if that device is having issues as well.