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Ozymandias_EBON
Mar 08, 2021Tutor
Router just pauses (stops working) intermittently
For the past month I've been having issues with my R8000. At the beginning, I could usually determine when the router needed to be rebooted. Everything would be working great and then the router...
plemans
Mar 08, 2021Guru - Experienced User
It could be a couple things.
What I'd start with though?
1. reinstall the current firmware version over a hardwired connection. Then do a factory reset and clean install (by clean I mean not from backup). If the firmware or a setting is corrupt, this would cover both bases.
2. if that doesn't help, you can try downgrading to an earlier version. I'm a fan of the 1.0.4.28 version. It was the version prior to armor being added.