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R8000P dropping wifi connection
Hello, I own a Nighthawk X6S (R8000P) and I've been having an ongoing issue where after I've been surfing via wifi for some time the wifi connection will remain active however there is no data up/down being transmitted. Further when attempting to go to 192.168.1.1 and I enter my username and password the entire page will not load entirely.. It just sits there for several minutes before it finally appears. It's also worth noting that I used the app to connect to my router and I tried a router reboot remotely, and it never rebooted the router.. I had to do it manually.
I have Centurylink Fiber 1G going directly from my ONT into the WAN port on the router. I then have a Netgear Nighthawk switch that handles all my wired devices.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
So I updated to Firmware V1.4.0.10 5 days ago. So far no internet drops :smileyhappy:
Haven't tried installing my USB hardrive to see if network storage works again. Just updating everyone.
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Hello,
New to this board. I recently purchased this a few days ago. Upon setup for the first time, I updated the firmware to the most recent version. I began to notice the symptoms described on earlier posts, occuring about 1 day apart.
Recently I performed a factory reset, and re-applied all of the settings I had before, which was a pain, but now done.
I am now in day 2 and so far the connections have held. My setup is pretty much out-of-the-box setup, except that I use Netgear's version of MAC filtering called "Access Control". If anything changes I'll report in, but those still experiencing the issue after the firmware was applied, should try the same factory reset to see if there is an improvement.
Just an update to my Jul 7, 2018 post. The router has been up for 6 straight days without an issue and I have not had to reboot once. So if anyone hasn't tried this, it's probably best to give it a try to see if it stabilizes the router properly.
StarwoodZero wrote:
Just an update to my Jul 7, 2018 post. The router has been up for 6 straight days without an issue and I have not had to reboot once. So if anyone hasn't tried this, it's probably best to give it a try to see if it stabilizes the router properly.
Glad you are having success. For the rest it would be helpful to know what you mean by "is anyone hasn't tried this". What is this? Firmware, if so what version? Setting what settings? I paged back some and did not see where you stated the firmware version you were having success with.
Recently sold my black doorstop. Maybe too soon.
So, obviously this router is trouble. When it works for me, it works great. But every other day it craps out, and that's just unacceptable. Do any of you guys have recommendations for a router that has 5G and will actually work how it should?
