RAX80 time sync with NTP server and gaming

I have seen those entries in the logs, pages and pages of them.  I rebooted everything last night, modem and router.  Today I have those entries again.  Well, I did, anyway.  When I looked at the log this AM they were the first entries in the file, but now they are gone?

I tested something this morning.  I have a VOIP suppled by work as most of us are telecommuters.  I also made sure I had Destiny 2 up and running on Xbox.  My lease renewal time was at 10:31 this AM.  At that time, I made sure I was talking to a coworker.  The call did not drop and I was not booted out of the game.  I had loaded into an area where I would not be alone (public event).  

My connection status lease is set for 6 hours.  I believe this is designated by the ISP.  When this occurs on schedule, there does not appear to any issue.  What appears to be a problem, is when this occurs at an unscheduled time, followed by the [Internet connected] entry in the log.  

For example, there was a time sync event at 6:40 AM.  The next time sync should have occurred at 9:40.  But it didn't, it occurred sooner at 7:31, followed by [Internet connected].  

i don't know what is the catalyst for the time sync happening at an unscheduled time, but whatever is causing it, appears to be the problem.  

[Time synchronized with NTP server] Tuesday, Feb 04,2020 10:31:07
[Internet connected] IP address: 24.229.158.207, Tuesday, Feb 04,2020 07:31:08 <-- causes game disconnect
[Time synchronized with NTP server] Tuesday, Feb 04,2020 07:31:07
[Time synchronized with NTP server] Tuesday, Feb 04,2020 06:40:09
[Time synchronized with NTP server] Tuesday, Feb 04,2020 03:40:09
[Internet connected] IP address: 24.229.158.207, Tuesday, Feb 04,2020 00:40:10  <--- causes game disconnect
[Time synchronized with NTP server] Tuesday, Feb 04,2020 00:40:09
[Time synchronized with NTP server] Tuesday, Feb 04,2020 00:07:55

At this point, I don't know what to think.  I don't know if it is the router, ISP or modem.  I have been using the RAX80 since around August 18th but haven't had problems until recently.  Pretty sure that I had upgraded the FW just a few weeks ago.  

Next step Is going to be calling my ISP.  Perhaps with this information, they can at least point me in the right direction.  I still have my old R8000, although I did a factory reset so I'd have to set it up again all over, etc.  As a telecommuter that depends on connectivity for my livelihood, I am hesitant to be swapping things around.  

I searched for [internet connected] and found this, could be useful:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/General-WiFi-Routers-Non/quot-Internet-connected-IP-address-quot-shows-up-in-log-when/td-p/1233874

Just got off the phone with my ISP.  They looked at modem logs and performance, etc. and confirmed that there should not be any issues as described.  There were no instances of the cable dropping, even though the router is logging [Internet connected].  They suggested that I update the firmware.  I told them that I had just updated it a few weeks ago, right around the time that the issues started.  So the next suggestion was that I contact Netgear and apprise them of the situation as this could be an issue introduced with the latest firmware update.  

The problem is that I don't even know what firmware release I was on prior to this problem.  Could have been 1.01.64, could have been .62 or even earlier.

I am going to download and update to .62 and see how it goes.  

Will post the results in this thread.