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wleebrown
Aspirant
Jan 31, 2022

Nighthawk X6 R7850 Dropping Some Wireless Connections

I've been using the Nighthawk X6 R7850 AC3200 router for more than 1 year now. Until very recently, my network connections have been very stable., rarely required a reboot. I'm currently running the ...
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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Feb 01, 2022

Do you have IPv6 enabled? If not, try enabling it and rebooting the device. 

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wleebrown
Aspirant
Feb 01, 2022

I do not have IPv6 enabled. I did find the setting after some searching but there were a bunch of options. Any one in particular you would recommend? I'm going to try the first option, Auto-Detect, and see if that helps. Again I appreciate the help.

 

Thank you!

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    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Feb 01, 2022
    Try auto detect