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Re: Nighthawk needing to be rebooted at least once per day, is this normal?

Didactylos
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Nighthawk needing to be rebooted at least once per day, is this normal?

Really what it says in the title. It is dropping its internet connection at least once per day, sometimes more often. I have checked and there are no reported problems with my provider.

 

Any ideas, is it simply faulty?

 

Roger

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KC68
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Re: Nighthawk needing to be rebooted at least once per day, is this normal?

Hi Roger,

I too am experiencing this issue on the MR5100 (Nighthawk 5G Mobile Hotspot Pro).  I've only had the device for one month but this doesn't feel right.  The data flow just stops and all connections to messaging & email are dropped.  Sometimes the hotspot must be rebooted 2-3 times per day, at random times, to maintain connection to the AT&T network.  The nearest AT&T tower is within site of my front door and my phones in the household do not have this issue.  I'm looking for feedback on the correct settings to enable to prevent this device going to sleep or whatever it's doing that dropping the connection AT LEAST once per day. 

 

Hopefully this discussion will get some traction!

Kara

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JohnPeng
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Re: Nighthawk needing to be rebooted at least once per day, is this normal?


@Didactylos wrote:

Really what it says in the title. It is dropping its internet connection at least once per day, sometimes more often. I have checked and there are no reported problems with my provider.

 

Any ideas, is it simply faulty?

 

Roger


Could you please follow the steps below to capture a model.json file and send a private message 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 back

 

Thanks for your help in advance. Would you like to help us to capture more debugging logs if needed?

 

Regards

 

 

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JohnPeng
NETGEAR Expert

Re: Nighthawk needing to be rebooted at least once per day, is this normal?

Hi Kara,

 

We would like to find some detailed information on the issue you reported.

 

Could you please follow the steps below to capture a model.json file and send a private message 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 back

 

Thanks for your help in advance. Would you like to help us to capture more debugging logs if needed?

 

Regards

 

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Didactylos
Tutor

Re: Nighthawk needing to be rebooted at least once per day, is this normal?

When I try to do what you ask it simply asks me to log in then presents me wih the option to reset my passowrd, nothing more

 

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JohnPeng
NETGEAR Expert

Re: Nighthawk needing to be rebooted at least once per day, is this normal?


@Didactylos wrote:

When I try to do what you ask it simply asks me to log in then presents me wih the option to reset my passowrd, nothing more

 


Can you send me a photo of your device product label to my email: jopeng@netgear.com?

Thanks

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Didactylos
Tutor

Re: Nighthawk needing to be rebooted at least once per day, is this normal?

what do you mean the product label? I have the polythene it came in which simply has the netgear branding, I have the box somewhere in my garage?

 

Roger

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JohnPeng
NETGEAR Expert

Re: Nighthawk needing to be rebooted at least once per day, is this normal?

Can you send me a photo of your device? 

Thanks

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Didactylos
Tutor

Re: Nighthawk needing to be rebooted at least once per day, is this normal?

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Ignore the bit of cardboard thats an anti-cat device to stop the wifi being sat on

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JohnPeng
NETGEAR Expert

Re: Nighthawk needing to be rebooted at least once per day, is this normal?

Please email the image to me. Somehow posting the image on the communiyt is not working. I can't see the image.

 

Thanks

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Didactylos
Tutor

Re: Nighthawk needing to be rebooted at least once per day, is this normal?

I uploaded a photo but it does not seem to be there, trying again

 

Screenshot 2021-11-19 at 19.48.22.jpg

 

 

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Didactylos
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Re: Nighthawk needing to be rebooted at least once per day, is this normal?

emailed to you

 

Roger

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