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EX7000 - NEED TO REBOOT EVERY DAY
I have the "NETGEAR Nighthawk AC1900 Desktop WiFi Range Extender (EX7000-100NAS)" implemented in my house wireless network. This device works fantastic but it lost connection every single day. I work...
I saw this but haven't yet had a chance to try it... Has anyone else found this is the solution??
I can confirm this has worked for me.
I have not had to reset since.
I'm am certainly not an expert but my theory with the EX7000 is that it has trouble renewing its IP address once it expires.
What happens with IP addresses is that after a certain period of time they will renew from your router.
That is why a reboot is fixing it, until the next time of course.
Default time for renewal is usually 1440 (minutes) on most routers I believe, by setting it to 2880 (the max on my router) its doubling that time.
Second part is by reserving the IP and mac address of the EX7000 it is somehow helping that renewal to be successfull (hence not requiring the manual reboot)
I have also set my main router to do an automatic reboot every 3 days at 3am (not sure if this is also helping).
Again, i'm no expert....but it has been smooth sailing since.
You should definately give it a go if your still having issues.