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R8000 Dropping connection to devices.
I purchased a new Nighthawk R8000 (firmware V1.0.4.46) a month ago (April 2020) and I consistently have devices (iPhone, iPad, etc) that keep dropping their connections to the router. The internet ...
I just installed the recommended firmware this morning. I'll report back in a few days when there's enough time to see if the problem has been resolved.
Hi, keen to learn if the firmware update resolves this for you, I've been having the same issue for a few weeks now. I believe it's being caused by iDevices in the house, although haven't conclusively proven this as yet. Please post back once you do the update so I can try the same.
Thanks.
Thanks.
I just installed the recommended firmware this morning. I'll report back in a few days when there's enough time to see if the problem has been resolved.
Generalizing in the protocol DHCP, there was mention of idevices with connectivity issues, my iPhone 6 having problems with " handshakes" / request and acknowledge from router which causes a address assignment of 0.0.0.0 . Meaning the host does not recognize device, that being said I'm not sure if IPv6 link local fe80::: takes over. ? Any CCNA folks out there want comment / add / correct ??
As an update, we still have some dropped connections needing multple password entries, but not as much as before the firmware update. It's not a total solution, but at least its better than before.
Passwords could be just save option on either end, specially if it's only one / two of your nine thousand devices. check Cache settings / remember passwords / etc.