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bigrosh
Aspirant
Oct 06, 2021
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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 ...
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bigrosh
Aspirant
Oct 07, 2021
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.
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    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Oct 07, 2021

    Try using the 1.0.4.106 version. I've heard but the .118 and .120 have a dns issue. 

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      bigrosh
      Aspirant
      Oct 07, 2021

      Thank you that is great to know!

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    bigrosh
    Aspirant
    Oct 07, 2021

    Can you tell me where to upload the older version? I tried doing it  under Backup but it said it failed. See screenshot

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      plemans
      Guru - Experienced User
      Oct 08, 2021

      Did you extract it prior to trying to upgrade it? 

       

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        bigrosh
        Aspirant
        Oct 08, 2021

        What do you mean extract? I saved the actual file within the zip file on my desktop and then uploaded that file and it resulted in failure. If you can guide me on how to extract, that would helpful.