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Simbe's avatar
Simbe
Aspirant
Dec 04, 2021

Worth upgrading R8500 to RAX50?

So I've had R8500 for several years now. It's been working fine until recenty with some weird DNS errors with the latest firmwares. I've rolled back to 1.0.2.136. This version works OK but according ...
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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 04, 2021

If you don't have any AX devices, I"d hold off. the R8500 is a pretty solid router. 

When you were on the latest firmware, did you have IPv6 enabled? 

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    Simbe
    Aspirant
    Dec 04, 2021

    Yep, I have IPv6 enabled as my ISP is providing that.