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Nighthawk R7000 loses WIFI connections during backup process
I have a wintel laptop directly attached, via Cat5, to my Nighthawk router. I also have a Cisco IP Phone #7965 attached, via Cat5. There is a 3tb Seagate USB drive attached to the 3.0 port, using R...
I did perform a factory restore using the current firmware (V1.0.4.30_1.1.67). I still experienced the connection loss, so I down graded the firmware to V1.0.4.28_1.1.64. I haven't noticed any connection loss, as of yet, but I also unplugged the Seagate drive from the USB 3.0.
I'll attached the drive, cycle the router, and run a backup this evening.
I've had connection related issues, usually associated with backing up large files to the network drive, for many months - using different versions of firmware. When the issue happened, I just reset the router. This is the first time I downgraded firmware. I also had legacy Cat 5 cables that I recently swapped out with Cat 6a.
WiFi to the ReadyShare drive won't have anything to do with the CAT5 cables (good quality CAT5e should be adequate for the connections), so I doubt these are the issue.
Where is the router physically located? Is it in an area that has good ventilation and reasonable temperature control? I wonder if it could be over heating.