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WNR1000 resets / loses connections every night at the same time
I've had this router for about a week. Each and every night, at exactly 3AM central time, the router drops all connections. Not only internet connections, but LAN connections as well. There i...
searay wrote: Change time zone to see if it changes when it drops. Check logs to be sure some events in fact are being logged.
Changing the time zone had no effect on the time the router drops connections. Still at 3am and 3pm, just like before. (I moved the timezone by two hours.) On that screen there is an option to set up a schedule to block services between certain hours. That screen is pretty confusing, but I have none of the days enabled.
I have the router emailing me a copy of the log every hour. Nothing relevant appears in the logs.
I have not yet tried disconnecting from my cable modem to rule that out definitively. I will try that when I get a chance, but I don't think it's going to matter. It is very unlikely that the cable modem is the cause.
So.... I'm at a bit of a loss. Why would this router reset every day at the exact same time? Did I get a dud?