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N450/CG3000Dv2 WiFi drop and Interface Lockup
Last week Time Warner Cable pushed firmware V3.01.06 to my N450 modem/router. Since the update, i can't go more than 24 hours without having to pull the power because WiFi drops ALL devices. After ...
I did a factory reset and have not been loosing connection for a few days. In the genie menu there is a place to backup your settings. After the reset you can restore the settings from the file you saved. The only thing it didn't restore was the user and password to access the router. The default is admin for user and password for password. Then you can sign in and change that. Still can't usb port to work.
I reset to factory a week ago and had last power cycled the modem on Friday. This morning I cannot get into the GUI. In the past power cycling the modem fixed this. Not this time. Power cycled twice, cannot get in. Been trying variations on the password with no effect. It hasn't reset to factory again because my configured LAN IP is still there.
Maybe it's time to try using it as a modem only and go back to my old router. Will never buy Netgear again.
So while I was getting ready to put another router behind the N450, I kept trying to log in and finally discovered that Genie simply doesn't like Firefox. I can't log in with Firefox from Linux or Win 10. I can log in with Edge. Not sure why it's worse now, but I've been having problems ever since the upgrade.
So, that "turn NAT off" really does seem to turn the box into a bridge instead of a router. I have the public IP on the router behind the N450 now. I had to move some connections around so nothing else is connected to the N450, and afterwards some of my computers were a little slow, but resetting their network connections or rebooting got them to get their IP from the new DHCP server, which was probably the problem (my router has a pretty heavy-duty firewall built in, so that may have been the real issue).
Still wondering if I should buy another modem anyway...