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AC2600 WiFi Router (R7450) Internet connection drops on DHCP lease renewal
I have been experiencing periodic Internet drops on my home LAN for the past 6 months, year, or more. I finally have isolated the problem to DHCP lease renewals. Every time the WAN DHCP lease on my...
The router is connected to my Motorola Surfboard SB6121 cable modem.
After contacting Xfinity about my issue, they have helped mitigate the problem by extending my DHCP leases from 1 hour to 1 day. Thank you Xfinity!
Thanks for the boilerplate suggestions, but they do not address the issue here. There is nothing wrong with my modem. I am considering ditching my Netgear router and replacing it with a router from a more reliable company.
gwehrman wrote:
Thanks for the boilerplate suggestions, but they do not address the issue here. There is nothing wrong with my modem. I am considering ditching my Netgear router and replacing it with a router from a more reliable company.
Agree. I have my doubts if replacing the router will make any improvement.
From a technology standpoint, your R7450 is getting long in the tooth. Please report back here and let us know if it does improve with a router replacement.
My ISP (Xfinity) is on a 24/7 schedule of DHCP leases expiring on 30-60-90 minute intervals and it is extremely annoying.