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jbtaco2002
Sep 15, 2020Star
CAX80 problems
When you buy one of these at this price point, there's a certain expectation that it will just work. set it up once and pretty much forget about it. That has NOT been the case for me as pretty m...
FURRYe38
Nov 13, 2020Guru - Experienced User
I thought you had the CAX80 since this is a CAX80 thread...the CAX80 supports user FW for the router portion of the modem. The C7800 doesn't.
jbtaco2002
Nov 13, 2020Star
FURRYe38 wrote:I thought you had the CAX80 since this is a CAX80 thread...the CAX80 supports user FW for the router portion of the modem. The C7800 doesn't.
right, this thread was created for my CAX-80 that was not working correctly. i suppose i can power it up again and see about the FW, but honestly i don't need help anymore since i don't ever plan to use it.
appreciate yours and everyone's time, and hopefully a suggestion in this thread might help someone, but i do feel there is a subtle design flaw resulting in the issues where nothing appears wrong with the internet and the connection, yet devices(sometimes 1, sometimes all) connected to the CAX-80 reported "connected (to wifi) - No Internet" and only a modem reset corrects the issue.
thanks FURRYe38
JB
- FURRYe38Nov 13, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Thats something to talk to NG support or the forum moderator about then. You have a expensive unit to not be using correctly and agree, it should be working well for you. I would talk to NG and hopefully get it resolved.