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HELP | R7000 Router Cutting out
Recently, my nighthawk R7000 router has been having frequent cut outs in the internet. I have tried every solution I found online, from changing my DNS servers to more advance means. The problem orig...
- It was released in 2013 so it's actually going on 8 years old.
One option for people is there's a ton of 3rd party firmware for the r7000 if you do a little looking. You won't find it on the official forums though
What firmware are you on?
What modem/gateway is it connected to?
Does it happen to all devices (wired/wireless) or just wireless?
I have also attached an image of a screenshot. It shows a ping test I connected and you can see I get frequent cutouts when connecting to the DNS server of my choice. I have tried other DNS servers, and same thing.
