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rv2010
Aspirant
Jul 14, 2016
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R8000 Current Date/Time is incorrect

The date/time on my router is wrong and shows up as 03 Jan 2015. I have set the timezone correctly (GMT +5:30) and currently running firmware version V1.0.3.4_1.1.2. I have read and tried most of the...
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    mboire
    Oct 25, 2016

    Hi,

     

    I finally found what was happening. My son plays the Game Overwatch from Blizzard, When the game tried to do an update, for some reason, the router would reboot every time and reset the date/time.

     

    I researched the topic and found that other people had the very same issue. The resolution was to change the "NAT Filtering" from "Secured" to "Open".
    The router has not rebooted since and Overwatch updated 4 times so far.

     

    Thanks.