NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Solved
R7800 cannot get IP from Xfinity
Yesterday, our R7800 router spontaneously lost Internet twice from Xfinity. The first time, it came back 15 minutes after a modem/router power cycle. The second time it stayed down and will not come b...
- Well, I found a solution sort of.
I pretty much gave up and tried the last thing I could think of: Reset to factory defaults.
I then reconfigured the router from scratch with the exact same settings I used before. I instantly connected online.
No idea what the cause was, I can only assume some kind of software fault or corrupted config file. In any event, I guess I don’t need a new router.
Well, I found a solution sort of.
I pretty much gave up and tried the last thing I could think of: Reset to factory defaults.
I then reconfigured the router from scratch with the exact same settings I used before. I instantly connected online.
No idea what the cause was, I can only assume some kind of software fault or corrupted config file. In any event, I guess I don’t need a new router.
I pretty much gave up and tried the last thing I could think of: Reset to factory defaults.
I then reconfigured the router from scratch with the exact same settings I used before. I instantly connected online.
No idea what the cause was, I can only assume some kind of software fault or corrupted config file. In any event, I guess I don’t need a new router.