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MR6500 Keeps crashing with Firstnet
Hello all, We switched our service to Firstnet a couple of months ago, and with that, we also upgraded to the NG MR6500 Hotspot. Ever since we have had nothing but problems. The 6500 crashes on a d...
Thank you for the update! We’ve been on the phone with AT&T, Firstnet, and netgear and they didn’t have any solutions. Looking forward to the update so we aren’t using phone data for work!
The FirstNet customer service gave me the run around and told me to place a fan next to the Netgear device (lol). He said you aren't supposed to use it as a home router (which I am not).
My router shuts off after anywhere between 5 minutes, to a few hours and I have to restart it repeatedly.
- Not using as a router at all it hooked on Ethernet switch which ny nighthawk router is plugged in.
- It’s not getting hot either it’s not even finding any networks at all now even after factory reboot the device is trashed I think. It’s not even a month old
NICEGUYNICK wrote:
It’s not getting hot either it’s not even finding any networks at all now even after factory reboot the device is trashed I think. It’s not even a month oldPlease capture a model.json file and send PM to me.
- Logon to the webui (http://192.168.1.1 ) as an administrator
- Navigate to URL http://192.168.1.1/model.json via the same browser window
- Capture the results (by selecting all + copy) and send it backThanks
ihodlbtc wrote:
The FirstNet customer service gave me the run around and told me to place a fan next to the Netgear device (lol). He said you aren't supposed to use it as a home router (which I am not).
My router shuts off after anywhere between 5 minutes, to a few hours and I have to restart it repeatedly.
This issue will be addressed in the coming release. Thanks for your patience.