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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 09, 2025

NOTICE: CAX80 and Protection Engine

Some users are seeing some issues with WiFi connection problems with the CAX80 gateway modem. 

 

Some have noticed that disabling Protection Engine feature has helped resolve some of these issues. 

 

NG is aware of this issue and is under review. 

 

For now, we recommend disabling Protection Engine until furthur notice:

NETGEAR Nighthawk - Protection Engine Feature FAQ | NETGEAR Communities

 

 

Please be patient while NG works on this. 

 

If you continue to see issues or problems after disabling Protection Engine, please make a NEW post and we'll continue to help you out. 

 

Thank you.