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UnholyZilla
Oct 04, 2021Follower
R8000 firewall or proxy issue
Over the last 2 months I have been having massive connectivity issues. I have already had my ISP come out and I'm getting the speeds i pay for. The router wasn't giving me the right speeds and I lost...
Ironmansnap
Oct 05, 2021Tutor
Me too, I been having same problem for 2 months now. I installed router firmware update V1.0.4.74. about 2 months ago. The update broke the DNS settings within the router software and I been having all kinds of connectivity issues from that time. For temporary fix if you change your DNS settings from automatic to Primary DNS 8.8.8.8 and Secondary DNS 8.8.4.4 will work a little better but it's not gonna completely fix it just happens less often. Hopefully Netgear fixes this soon, a lot of people having the same problem. I hope this helps you for now.