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Reenio
Aspirant
Jan 15, 2016
Solved

R8000 drops internet connection

My Netgear router is contantly dropping connection. It was working fine for the first 6 months after purchase. I had updated the firmware months ago and everything was working fine afterwards. Connec...
Troubleshooting
  • Reenio's avatar
    Reenio
    Jan 23, 2016

    Thank you. It turned out there was a line problem. Too much static. It was all cleared on the ISP end and now works to its expectations again.

     

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JamesGL
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jan 19, 2016

Hi Reenio,

 

Reset the router and manually reconfigure the device.

  • Reenio's avatar
    Reenio
    Aspirant
    Jan 23, 2016

    Thank you. It turned out there was a line problem. Too much static. It was all cleared on the ISP end and now works to its expectations again.