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R8500 Does firmware .156 resolve disconnet issues so I don't have to stay downgraded on .144?
I recently did the trick of downgrading the R8500 firmware to .144 because my internet was disconnecting nearly every day. It finally got to the point where nothing I did worked so I followed so many...
kittycatcat wrote:
I recently did the trick of downgrading the R8500 firmware to .144 because my internet was disconnecting nearly every day. It finally got to the point where nothing I did worked ....
I'd troubleshoot that before worrying about the firmware version.
The "downgrade" advice for the R8500 has mostly been to solve very different problems.
"internet was disconnecting " could be down to many things. So you need to provide more detail before anyone can begin to guess what might be going in.
You could just update the firmware and see what happens. (Save the settings do that you can revert if problems persist.)