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Nighthawk r6700 Restarting Every Hour
I got this router almost a year ago. Worked great for about 6 months then at the end of last year started rebooting 1-2 times an hour. (Power light turn amber, other lights flicker, then it comes bac...
Have you checked the power supply? I've seen the wrong one get used as they're fairly generic and it cause routers to reboot once they get a load on them.
When I switched back to my old router for a while, I used the same power supply so it shouldn't be that if it worked fine with another router correct?
NickSparr wrote:
When I switched back to my old router for a while, I used the same power supply so it shouldn't be that if it worked fine with another router correct?
"used the same power supply"?
From the old router? From the new one?
If the power supply has lower amperage, it might bootup and initially run fine and then when its put under load, crash because it can't supply enough amps to do so.
Apologies, the power supply that came with the r6700 so the new router. I guess it could possibly work fine with the old one but not support the new one? I can try to get my hands on a new one to try.
Just look at the specs on the power supply.
As long as the voltage and polarity are the same, you can use other supplies.
You might have one sitting around. Just make sure it has at least the same amps (if not more) and try it.
What firmware is on the R6700