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Countrygirl6777
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Nov 17, 2020

Cax80

I have had nothing but issues with my internet staying connected to the router. We have to reboot the router almost every day in order for our devices to connect. I have used the chat option a few tim...
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JtotheKap
Initiate
Mar 23, 2021

Just curious, plemans: Why did you recommended disabling the Enable LAN/WAN Packet Capture feature. I think it's on by default, no? How would this impact connectivity? 

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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Mar 23, 2021

JtotheKap I noticed that with my CAX80 (on xfinity), when the wan/lan packet capture was enabled, my router cpu was frequently pegged at 100% and I'd get frequent freezes/issues. With it disabled, i was typically 10-30% and I wouldn't run into those freezes. Not saying that was the issue but it fixed the issue I was having with my CAX80.