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Nighthawk X8 model R8500 Firmware Version V1.0.2.160 Hi everyone, recently struggling with an issue where it seems the DNS does not resolve successfully when I try to go to a website. Then a...
ipv6 and xfinity have been a struggle bus lately.
Try a different DNS Server. Here's a few. Also remember to change the ipv6 dns server if ipv6 is enabled.
CloudFlare
IPv4: 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1
IPv6: 2606:4700:4700:0:0:0:0:1111 and 2606:4700:4700:0:0:0:0:1001
GoogleDNS
IPv4: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
IPv6: 2001:4860:4860:0:0:0:0:8888 and 2001:4860:4860:0:0:0:0:8844
if that doesn't work, try just disabling ipv6
Hi, sorry if this post is in the wrong place.
Got a Nighthawk X8 model R8500 and its firmware is outdated. It produces a network, but has no internet ("connected without internet"). All the documentation for updating firmware tells you to connect to the Router, then navigate to a webpage to login routerlogin.net. I can't navigate anywhere because there is no internet on that network.
On the Nighthawk phone app, same problem, you're supposed to connect to the Router and then get the firmware update. But the router can't reach the internet, so what am i supposed to do?
I have the latest firmware downloaded on my PC, i can put it on a USB drive, or I can connect to the router via ethernet. But how do i get it to take the file from my PC / the USB drive?
Thanks in advance.
So RouterLogin.net did not work, it wouldn't display the webpage. But 192.168.1.1 worked
If anyone was having my problem, once you log in to 192.168.1.1 (default creds are admin/password) you need to go to the advanced tab, then Administration, and then Router Upgrade. It will then give you an option to upload the firmware update file from your PC.
However, this didn't do anything for my real problem, as the router is still "connected without Internet" even after successful upgrade to the latest firmware.
- Further update: I checked the router status in the Advanced--> administration menu. The ip showed 0.0.0.0 which meant the router couldn't get an IP. so I hard rebooted the modem and router together, and after reboot an IP was assigned and everything works now!