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Hoyty
Aug 26, 2015Apprentice
R7000 WAN connectivity issues
In the last week or two I have suddenly had WAN connectivity issues. The LAN / Wi-Fi works fine and I can connect to router but not past it. I usually reboot both cable modem (Comcast Ubee 3.0) and the R7000 and it works again for 24 hours or so. Tonight I tried using the Test feature in Basic -> Internet. It would allow traffic to pass for 30-60 seconds. Then I rebooted the R7000 using web interface and got no traffic through. Lastly I reboot the R7000 using power switch. Still didn't work. Then I reset cable modem and it worked. Other times though just rebooting R7000 works. I am trying to figure out which component is issue and replace possibly. Any ideas welcome. I recently upgraded the firmware on R7000 to latest but problems didn't start immediately but soon.
I’m not sure if the R7000 WAN / Internet status shown in the web interface shows the WAN side DHCP lease time, but if it does that might give some clues as to what is happening. I suspect that maybe DHCP renewal could be failing.
You could try accessing the modem’s web interface but I’m not entirely sure if the R7000 and/or your PC will be able to do this with the R7000 in place;
http://www.ubeeinteractive.com/support/consumers/faq/how-do-i-log-modem%E2%80%99s-web-user-interface
Otherwise connect a PC to the modem, and power cycle the modem. At a Command Prompt type ipconfig /all and look at the DHCP lease time.
8 Replies
- Babylon5NETGEAR Employee Retired
I’m not sure if the R7000 WAN / Internet status shown in the web interface shows the WAN side DHCP lease time, but if it does that might give some clues as to what is happening. I suspect that maybe DHCP renewal could be failing.
You could try accessing the modem’s web interface but I’m not entirely sure if the R7000 and/or your PC will be able to do this with the R7000 in place;
http://www.ubeeinteractive.com/support/consumers/faq/how-do-i-log-modem%E2%80%99s-web-user-interface
Otherwise connect a PC to the modem, and power cycle the modem. At a Command Prompt type ipconfig /all and look at the DHCP lease time.
- HoytyApprentice
Well just as suddenly as it started it stopped? My guess is flakiness on Comcast end. Thanks.
- seanvreeTutor
I've actually been having the same issue with my R7000. It drops the internet connection about once every other day. If I reboot the router, it will not pick up the internet connection....I have to power cycle the modem (Motorola Surfboard), and only then reboot the router will it start working.
I also thought it was a lease issue, but it's not. After I reboot the cable modem...I still have the same external IP.
It's very random and intermitten, so it's difficult to troubleshoot.
Very frustrating.
- GreeneyejAspirant
I had the same problem, on the 5GHz wireless, with the .30 FW, "incorrect password "
Just rolled back to .28 and all is fine again.
- coldairAspirant
Check your router logs, i have been experecing DoS attacks on my comcast netgear business class modem which cause the sympthoms you are describing