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I'm not savvy enough to know what "bufferbloat" is
I'm not savvy enough to know what "bufferbloat" is, but I have been having a HORRIBLE time gaming with this router. I have Frontier Fiber FiOS at 2 gigabit speed, and have to literally reboot the router mid-sessions almost EVERY time I play an online game like ARC Raiders, Fortnite, Helldivers 2 or other multiplayer online game.
I'm using a PS5 Pro plugged directly into an ethernet port on the router (no wireless ever) using a top-end 3ft cable from Infinite Cable, have set up on the PS5 Pro to use the CloudFlare DNS on the PS5's advanced network settings, assigned the PS5 a pre-set IP address and put that IP address in for the DMZ, turned off QoS, IPv6, and still am having network-wide crashes where every device - including things like family iOS devices - losing access to things like Facebook and YouTube which - again - requires a full router restart.
I have the latest publicly available version of the firmware as well and it has not helped any.
This is insane that a $600 router is this unreliable.
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I know the issue of disconnects has been intermittent for a while now, but I couldn't say exactly when it started happening. I do know I upgraded my speed on June 6th with Frontier, and then got the router and hooked up around that same time (the router says it was delivered that exact day, too). I honestly can't clearly recall which happened first, but I do know I had no issues w/ Frontier before the upgrade from 1Gbit to 2Gbit nor with the Nighthawk RAX70.
And in any case, why is it that after a router restart on the RS700, the issue is (temporarily) fixed for the next day or so?I am looking online at my chat records w/ friends and I first started seeming to notice the issue mid-November and started trying to troubleshoot it (but whatever I did seemed to not fix the issue fully each time, as it would come back and require a full reboot).