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robmartinez108's avatar
Sep 10, 2025

RAX43 drops connection to readyshare

My Netgear RAX43 router will drop the connection to a PC minutes after being connected. The PC will still be able to access the Internet and other PCs on the network but won’t be able to access the network share readyshare or the routerlogin page. Nor will it be able to ping 192.168.1.1. Windows File Explorer pops up an error message saying that an error occurred reconnecting to readyshare because the local device is already in use. The PC shows the same IP Address, mac address and IPv6 address. Yet the router doesn’t recognize it as the same PC. The issue occurs whether I reserve an IP address or not on the router’s Lan setup settings. I am able to reconnect to readyshare if I manually change the IP Address on the dropped PC. I just started having this problem recently, it worked fine for a couple of years. The router has the latest firmware and Windows PCs are also updated. I have corrected all the recommended settings on my PCs. For example, enabled SMB v1, disabled SMB security signature, allow network sharing, disable password protected sharing, enabled insecure guest logons, enable NetBios, etc. Are there any incorrect settings on the router that may causing this problem? I am afraid that buying a new router will not solve the issue if Netgear routers are now incompatible with Windows 11.  

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    • robmartinez108's avatar
      robmartinez108
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      Thanks for responding. I have not done a factory reset on the router. I guess because this is the first time, I have come across this recommendation. I have done a little research on the possible causes and all sorts of Windows 11 settings have been recommended, but no one ever suggested that the router firmware might be corrupt. Only that the router should be updated to the latest firmware. If the factory reset fixes the problem, I will let you know. You may have a solution here that not very many people or AI agents know about.