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Repeated DHCP assignments in RAX43 log
Starting about a week ago, which is when I think the latest firmware 1.0.12.120 was released, my internet connection across all devices has been very spotty. It will work 100% and then not at all afte...
Further testing showed the issue did actually happen with the ISP-provided router (it’s intermittent so I missed it before). Further digging revealed heavily imbalanced downstream channel power ranging from +0.4 to -11, which the ISP techs confirmed. They have traced the issue much further upstream than the house or local tap and are working on it now.
TL;DR
The router is not the problem and the DHCP logs were likely a result of normal reconnection attempts due to imbalanced downstream bonded channel power levels cause by ISP infrastructure issue(s).
TL;DR
The router is not the problem and the DHCP logs were likely a result of normal reconnection attempts due to imbalanced downstream bonded channel power levels cause by ISP infrastructure issue(s).
- Yet another twist. ISP acknowledge infrastructure issues on their end outside of the house, but after they fixed it my situation only improved marginally. This time the ISP provided a dedicated gaming Nighthawk router instead of the combo setup, and the problem was totally resolved. After reconnecting my own RAX43 to troubleshoot, the last thing I hadn’t touched was disabling the Dos attack logs after seeing the false positives coincide with interruptions.
Disabling those logs has resolved about 95% of the problem surprisingly, since CPU usage never showed any strain. Definitely something Netgear should look into (the false positives should have been fixed a long time ago anyway).
It seems the DHCP assignments were just a symptom of these interruptions. I’m going to disable other logs and see if I can iron out the last occasional hangups.
Edit: the ISP’s “fixes” didn’t end up lowering the power level range, which shifted but didn’t get lower in range (~+4 to -8). One tech said it was a problem, the last said anything +10 to -10 is fine… guess the latter was right.