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FLYBYNIGHT
Aspirant
Nov 04, 2022
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R9000 FW V1.0.5.42 will not connect to Hitron Tech EN2251 2.5G rg-45 port - -constant reboot

R9000 updated to FW V1.0.5.42 this morning and now will not connect to the spectrum provided cable modem (Hitron Tech EN2251 with a single 2.5G rg-45 port) the R9000 constantly reboots. Connected the...
  • FLYBYNIGHT's avatar
    FLYBYNIGHT
    Nov 21, 2022

    Thank you for the help. I did not do that, because I was set to auto update and didn't see a restore point for that date. All of them were way older. I had an older modem that worked just fine using all the same cables, so I used it until the SFP+ I'd ordered arrived the next day. The 10G LAN SFP+ module (and a cat 8 cable) I purchased for the R9000 worked perfectly, and I have better thruput.

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microchip8
Master
Nov 04, 2022
Revert to an older FW version?
  • FLYBYNIGHT's avatar
    FLYBYNIGHT
    Aspirant
    Nov 21, 2022

    Thank you for the help. I did not do that, because I was set to auto update and didn't see a restore point for that date. All of them were way older. I had an older modem that worked just fine using all the same cables, so I used it until the SFP+ I'd ordered arrived the next day. The 10G LAN SFP+ module (and a cat 8 cable) I purchased for the R9000 worked perfectly, and I have better thruput.