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Internet connected / Time synchronized every 6hrs drops connections
Greetings to one and all, Been happening for months now, I can time it to the second as to when my IPTV locks up lol I've checked logs and seen that I had an intruder through the Upnp (so disabled...
IP address renewal happens all the time on networks. A renewal of IP address of the WAN interface on the router should not cause a pause in the IPTV. I would look at the router and specifically the router firmware. It might be worth the effort to go to an older version of the firmware. Do you know of a version that seemed to work for you? If so I would reinstall that. You could try a hard reset, but not really sure what that would accomplish in this case, but who knows?
Bill, thank you for giving me an option to try. I've found the version before the latest and backed up the FW to that one and will give that a try. Hey, it can't hurt. I've not posted here for nearly 2 years, and there's been F/W updates so perhaps one i took was partially corrupt, you never know but I like the idea of ruling out F/W. I'll know tonight if my TV glitches out/back if its fixed it. Then we can try something else as I dont want to give up on this nice router.
IrvSp - I only said i notice it with my IPTV, normally i'm not on any other devices while i'm watching tv but the DHCP log in the router also shows that not only my wifi devices are getting their ip's renewed but my hard wired devices are too.
Thank you both for helping, I really enjoy and endorse Netgear products to my family and friends cause I am their IT guy (since I taught IT for a living before my retirement). So credentials, i've got them too ;) MCSE/A+/Cisco Certified etc
Retired_Member wrote:
IrvSp - I only said i notice it with my IPTV, normally i'm not on any other devices while i'm watching tv but the DHCP log in the router also shows that not only my wifi devices are getting their ip's renewed but my hard wired devices are too.
That is quite normal... and it can happen for many reasons. Such as the PC going to sleep, or waking up from sleep. Even when booting it gets logged. Sometimes even when 'calling' home to get/check for s/w updates. Many times it is just verify the IP Address.
Here is my log entries:
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.2)] to MAC address 10:AE:60:57:25:06, Tuesday, May 21,2019 16:01:16 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.9)] to MAC address 0C:89:10:84:61:9C, Tuesday, May 21,2019 15:52:38 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.6)] to MAC address 84:89:AD:71:97:B2, Tuesday, May 21,2019 14:39:20 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address 98:01:A7:05:5D:8C, Tuesday, May 21,2019 14:38:41 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.4)] to MAC address 48:60:5F:85:5B:17, Tuesday, May 21,2019 14:38:20 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.8)] to MAC address 48:60:5F:85:81:BE, Tuesday, May 21,2019 10:50:29 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.3)] to MAC address AC:63:BE:8E:E3:E2, Tuesday, May 21,2019 10:47:53 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.5)] to MAC address A0:C9:A0:6A:76:07, Tuesday, May 21,2019 09:23:33 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.45)] to MAC address 24:05:0F:F6:D3:44, Tuesday, May 21,2019 07:40:23 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.50)] to MAC address 08:BD:43:A5:8C:AA, Tuesday, May 21,2019 07:08:09
Other days it looks like this:
[Time synchronized with NTP server] Monday, May 20,2019 06:27:57 [Internet connected] IP address: 97.xxx.xxx.xxx, Monday, May 20,2019 06:27:56 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.2)] to MAC address 10:AE:60:57:25:06, Monday, May 20,2019 05:27:35 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address 98:01:A7:05:5D:8C, Monday, May 20,2019 03:53:08 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.4)] to MAC address 48:60:5F:85:5B:17, Monday, May 20,2019 02:33:39 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.6)] to MAC address 84:89:AD:71:97:B2, Sunday, May 19,2019 23:38:28 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.8)] to MAC address 48:60:5F:85:81:BE, Sunday, May 19,2019 22:50:26 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.3)] to MAC address AC:63:BE:8E:E3:E2, Sunday, May 19,2019 22:47:52 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.5)] to MAC address A0:C9:A0:6A:76:07, Sunday, May 19,2019 21:19:33 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.45)] to MAC address 24:05:0F:F6:D3:44, Sunday, May 19,2019 19:32:06 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.45)] to MAC address 24:05:0F:F6:D3:44, Sunday, May 19,2019 18:52:34 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.2)] to MAC address 10:AE:60:57:25:06, Sunday, May 19,2019 17:56:21 [Admin login] from source 192.168.1.50, Sunday, May 19,2019 17:39:28 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address 98:01:A7:05:5D:8C, Sunday, May 19,2019 15:51:12 [Time synchronized with NTP server] Sunday, May 19,2019 15:15:40 [Internet connected] IP address: 97.xxx.xxx.xxx, Sunday, May 19,2019 15:15:39 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.50)] to MAC address 08:BD:43:A5:8C:AA, Sunday, May 19,2019 14:37:30 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.45)] to MAC address 24:05:0F:F6:D3:44, Sunday, May 19,2019 14:36:35 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.45)] to MAC address 24:05:0F:F6:D3:44, Sunday, May 19,2019 14:36:25 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.4)] to MAC address 48:60:5F:85:5B:17, Sunday, May 19,2019 14:33:38 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.45)] to MAC address 24:05:0F:F6:D3:44, Sunday, May 19,2019 11:39:12 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.6)] to MAC address 84:89:AD:71:97:B2, Sunday, May 19,2019 11:31:41 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.10)] to MAC address B4:B6:86:16:14:4A, Sunday, May 19,2019 11:30:44 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.4)] to MAC address 48:60:5F:85:5B:17, Sunday, May 19,2019 11:23:17 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.45)] to MAC address 24:05:0F:F6:D3:44, Sunday, May 19,2019 11:16:09 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.8)] to MAC address 48:60:5F:85:81:BE, Sunday, May 19,2019 10:50:24 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.3)] to MAC address AC:63:BE:8E:E3:E2, Sunday, May 19,2019 10:47:51 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.45)] to MAC address 24:05:0F:F6:D3:44, Sunday, May 19,2019 10:06:57 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.45)] to MAC address 24:05:0F:F6:D3:44, Sunday, May 19,2019 10:06:47 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.5)] to MAC address A0:C9:A0:6A:76:07, Sunday, May 19,2019 09:18:17 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.50)] to MAC address 08:BD:43:A5:8C:AA, Sunday, May 19,2019 07:50:35 [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.5)] to MAC address A0:C9:A0:6A:76:07, Sunday, May 19,2019 07:24:31
Some of those are clearly (I know what is on what IP Address) iPad's waking up, some are our phones powering on, some are printers turning on. All these are wireless of course, no wired connections.
The ones ending in .45 and .50 are the PC's. One has a NG A6200 USB adapter and it has a bug where it will on occasion quickly try again to get an IP Address. W10 specific problem with the driver.
When I had wired devices it was similar.
All normal.
Don't know if this is possible with the IPTV you have.
Thought is can you hard code an IP address on the IPTV? If so then it would not be making dhcp lease renewals. If you can and want to try this make sure the IP address you choose is outside of the dhcp range. Also note the gateway and DNS IP addresses as you will need them. Probably the same as the router. Netgear routers do not do a ping ahead, last I knew, before assigning an IP address so if within the dhcp address range could wind up with a duplicate assignment. I hard code my NAS and Rasberry Pi Pi Hole.
okay, last night, i had a convo with roommate, he told me his wifi was sporadic for a few months now and his phone wouldnt connect to the wifi.
I checked my phone... funny, mine wouldnt connect either and the password was not accepted (even though i knew it and using correct one).
I took Bill's idea and flashed back to previous firmware and immediately my phone, roommates phone connected to the 5g wifi. I waited up last night with my IPTV on to see if it would glitch at the 50% renewal request... IT DIDNT GLITCH.
So, in conclusion, Thank you Bill, your suggestion fixed my problem that I was having. Other than a few ddos attacks since my turning off upnp, my internet/router issue is resolved.
Thank you again Bill. Its people like you who give a possible action/solution that get things sorted out. Alternative is just lecturing and preaching, which does nothing but have products thrown in the trash and people buy other companies products to solve the problem.
AGAIN, Thank you Bill. Keep up the good work.You might want to try the latest f/w again. It is possible you had a bad install. That f/w is solid.