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Intermittent Nighthawck X6S R8000P
I am having intermittent problem in connecting to various internet & imap servers. When this happens 2 or 3 reconnect attempts will result in connecting. Once connection is made - no problems. Have t...
Seems like the current firmware for a lot of of devices caused issues. Try the downgrade. Its pretty easy to do.
Download the firmware from the support site (i'll link to). Then extract it. Then follow the manual firmware update process but use the older firmware.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/r8000p
https://kb.netgear.com/23960/How-do-I-manually-update-the-firmware-on-my-NETGEAR-router
Thanks for the tip. Reverting to prior firmware seems to have solved problem.
The reason I was having difficulty in applying the fix is sort of embarassing. I had replaced my Knigthawk X6 with the slightly newer and faster X6S. I thought I had given the X6 to my son but mistakenly gave hime the newer. Bloody things look too much alike but do not share same uodates. Spent way too long tring to force wrong application but fortuneately the router wouldn't allow it.
glad it fixed your issue!
If you mark it solved, it might help the next person.