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gerudoku
Sep 23, 2017Tutor
Enabling dynamic QOS on R7000P causes internet to disconnect
I've had this router for a month. For the most part, it works fine. But I've been noticing random lag spikes and disconnects while playing World of Warcraft (my wife gets them too, seemingly at rando...
- Nov 15, 2017
FYI- I worked with a Netgear support tech last night and was able to get Dynamic QOS working on my R7000P.
I'll still need to do more testing to determine if this resolves the random disconnection issues in battle.net games, but at least Dynamic QOS is working now.
Here's the procedure we followed:
- Access Netgear Genie/router settings
- Open Dynamic QOS page under Basic Settings
- Check the "Activate Dynamic QOS" checkbox
- In the menu that appears, click "Speedtest" and let it finish
- Click "Update Now" for the Performance Optimization Database (mine did not find any updates, but it's worth checking)
- On the same page, click "Apply"
- The router will reboot. Allow the reboot to complete.
- After the reboot completes, you will still not have an internet connection. Return to the router settings and verify that Dynamic QOS is still enabled.
- Return to the main Router Settings page and click "Reboot" to reboot the router. (You may also be able to power cycle it with the physical button)
- WHILE THE ROUTER IS REBOOTING, power cycle your modem. (I just unplugged my Arris SB6183 for 10 seconds)
- Wait for the router and modem to finish rebooting and for the lights to stabilize.
- If the procedure worked, Dynamic QOS should still be enabled, and you should now have internet access
Hope this helps. Like I said, I'm not sure if this solves my other issue, but I'll update this post after I've had a few days to test it out.
Thanks to the Netgear support person, Eduard, for the assistance.
Good luck!
jacobfeldman4
Nov 15, 2017Tutor
I do not see any firmware update available. I have reset the advice. After doing so, turning on QoS still leads to no internet connection after the router is done rebooting. Turning off QoS and restarting the router again brings the internet connection back.
gerudoku
Nov 15, 2017Tutor
FYI- I worked with a Netgear support tech last night and was able to get Dynamic QOS working on my R7000P.
I'll still need to do more testing to determine if this resolves the random disconnection issues in battle.net games, but at least Dynamic QOS is working now.
Here's the procedure we followed:
- Access Netgear Genie/router settings
- Open Dynamic QOS page under Basic Settings
- Check the "Activate Dynamic QOS" checkbox
- In the menu that appears, click "Speedtest" and let it finish
- Click "Update Now" for the Performance Optimization Database (mine did not find any updates, but it's worth checking)
- On the same page, click "Apply"
- The router will reboot. Allow the reboot to complete.
- After the reboot completes, you will still not have an internet connection. Return to the router settings and verify that Dynamic QOS is still enabled.
- Return to the main Router Settings page and click "Reboot" to reboot the router. (You may also be able to power cycle it with the physical button)
- WHILE THE ROUTER IS REBOOTING, power cycle your modem. (I just unplugged my Arris SB6183 for 10 seconds)
- Wait for the router and modem to finish rebooting and for the lights to stabilize.
- If the procedure worked, Dynamic QOS should still be enabled, and you should now have internet access
Hope this helps. Like I said, I'm not sure if this solves my other issue, but I'll update this post after I've had a few days to test it out.
Thanks to the Netgear support person, Eduard, for the assistance.
Good luck!
- jacobfeldman4Nov 15, 2017Tutor
Yes, this seems to have worked. Thank you!
- gerudokuNov 17, 2017Tutor
I'm happy to report that after a few days of testing, enabling Dynamic QOS on my R7000P seems to have stopped the random, frequent disconnects from Blizzard battle.net games like World of Warcraft and Overwatch.
- zackpyleNov 22, 2017Aspirant
Worked for me. Thank you!
- vasanimanishDec 02, 2017Aspirant
Thanks, this fixed Dynamic QoS for me!!