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R6900 after firmware updated, no internet connection after doing checking firmware updated again
I updated my R6900 router to the latest verison ( R6900, Version 1.0.1.16) After that, the router get rebooted and I am able to get internet connection and the connected device working fine. Then ...
mluvw47 wrote:
Not sure about ISP block anything like that I am aware of it, since it is In my case, I can do manual down the zip and perform update without any issue.:cathappy:
Comcast used to do DNS redirects, but I am not sure they are doing them now.
You can test it by reconfiguring your router temporarily to use 8.8.8.8 as the DNS server (instead of the comcast-supplied DNS). That's google's DNS server.
I live in the United States and the feature worked perfectly fine for years it only just recently started happening. Given every connection to any other sure works and I had no trouble downloading firmware manually I doubt it has anything to do with the ISP.