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bigrosh
Oct 06, 2021Aspirant
R6700 keeps rebooting randomly
All of a sudden last week, the router kept dropping connection. I updated the firmware, did multiple reboots, did a factory reset, and it still drops connection as it tries to reboot itself. Someone ...
- Oct 08, 2021
plemans
Oct 07, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Have you tried downgrading the firmware a version?
bigrosh
Oct 07, 2021Aspirant
I tried researching on how to do this but was not successful.
If you can share the file of a prior version that i can upload into the router portal, that would be great.
If you can share the file of a prior version that i can upload into the router portal, that would be great.
- FURRYe38Oct 07, 2021Guru - Experienced User
FW files for you v3 model are here:
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/R6700v3.aspx#download
- plemansOct 07, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Try using the 1.0.4.106 version. I've heard but the .118 and .120 have a dns issue.
- bigroshOct 07, 2021Aspirant
Thank you that is great to know!
- bigroshOct 07, 2021Aspirant
Can you tell me where to upload the older version? I tried doing it under Backup but it said it failed. See screenshot
- plemansOct 08, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Did you extract it prior to trying to upgrade it?