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tobeyal
Mar 18, 2017Aspirant
Router gets VERY slow and needs reboot
I've had this router for about 1 year. It worked well, but after about 3 weeks things would start streaming slow, movies and games. After a restart everything worked fine. A month ago I started h...
- Mar 26, 2017
Sorry for the delay. I was able to get a fix and wanted to wait a couple days to make sure it sticks. All I did was reset the router to factory defaults and then reconfigured it. It's been 3 days and it's working great. Strange, that is what had to be done. But it's working. Thanks for help.
JamesGL
Mar 23, 2017Master
Hi tobeyal,
1. What is the firmware of your router?
2. If you connect a computer to the modem, bypassing the router, will you get a stable connection?
JamesGL
Mar 26, 2017Master
Hi tobeyal,
We’d greatly appreciate hearing your feedback letting us know if you need further assistance.
- tobeyalMar 26, 2017Aspirant
Sorry for the delay. I was able to get a fix and wanted to wait a couple days to make sure it sticks. All I did was reset the router to factory defaults and then reconfigured it. It's been 3 days and it's working great. Strange, that is what had to be done. But it's working. Thanks for help.