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Moridin
Jul 19, 2021Aspirant
Network dies abruptly when downloading a large file over wired connection
My Nighthawk is a few years old now and it's probably the best router I've owned to date. Let me preface this post by saying I've used this thing a lot and I've never had a single issue. However, lat...
plemans
Jul 19, 2021Guru - Experienced User
What firmware version are you on?
What modem/gateway is it connected to?
Did you try a simple factory reset and reinstall? Sometimes the simple fixes, actually work.
Moridin
Jul 19, 2021Aspirant
plemans The firmware version it's running currently is V1.0.2.80 which I just downloaded and installed earlier this morning, so I assume it should be the most current version available. As for the modem, it's connected to my ISP's standard fiber-optic modem, hooked up in the basement. So far as I can tell everything there is working as intended. I have not as of yet tried a factory reset/reinstall, I was hoping to exhaust all other options before attempting that as my wife's work machines are all employer provided and are an absolute pain to reconnect to the network (I've had to do that twice now).