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Phone calls and text messages don’t work when connected to WiFi?

apparii
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Phone calls and text messages don’t work when connected to WiFi?

For some reason 5G and 4G devices have failed calls and text messages on my home network. Any setting changes or suggestions?
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Netduma-Fraser
NetDuma Partner

Re: Phone calls and text messages don’t work when connected to WiFi?

What router are you using currently?
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apparii
Tutor

Re: Phone calls and text messages don’t work when connected to WiFi?

Using the Nighthawk XR500
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Netduma-Fraser
NetDuma Partner

Re: Phone calls and text messages don’t work when connected to WiFi?

Okay so I assume you're using WiFi calling? Are you using Smart Connect? If so disable this and connect to 2.4 or 5GHz manually and then see if it behaves better.
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apparii
Tutor

Re: Phone calls and text messages don’t work when connected to WiFi?

Smart connect is not enabled. Thanks for the idea to check, though. WiFi calling is set up on all devices. Not sure why SMS/MMS messages don’t go through to Android users.
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Netduma-Fraser
NetDuma Partner

Re: Phone calls and text messages don’t work when connected to WiFi?

In WAN Settings toggle SIP ALG and see if that helps please.
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apparii
Tutor

Re: Phone calls and text messages don’t work when connected to WiFi?

Unfortunately that did not fix the issue with failed calls.
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Netduma-Fraser
NetDuma Partner

Re: Phone calls and text messages don’t work when connected to WiFi?

Okay in the WAN Settings also switch NAT to Open, if that doesn't work then in QoS in the Anti-Bufferbloat menu disable QoS entirely and then try please.
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apparii
Tutor

Re: Phone calls and text messages don’t work when connected to WiFi?

Changing to Open didn't improve texts. I'm pretty confident disabling QoS has improved texts going through from iPhone to Android. I will check back if I still have issues. If I don't, that's what fixed it.

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apparii
Tutor

Re: Phone calls and text messages don’t work when connected to WiFi?

There seem to be fewer errors, but they still occur, unfortunately; both failed calls and unsent SMS messages. This occurs on iPhone 12 Pro and Mini, specifically.
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Netduma-Fraser
NetDuma Partner

Re: Phone calls and text messages don’t work when connected to WiFi?

I'd suggest upgrading to the beta and doing a factory reset. If it then still occurs then make a Traffic Controller rule to allow ALL traffic to those devices https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-Pro-Gaming-DumaOS-3-0/bd-p/en-home-beta-npg-duma

Actually before that you could make a manual Traffic Prioritization rule for the devices 1-65535 Source/Destination TCP/UDP and see if that works.
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apparii
Tutor

Re: Phone calls and text messages don’t work when connected to WiFi?

Traffic prioritization rules and beta firmware didn't fix the problem.

 

My ISP and modem are running fine. Over the past month I spent many hours working with Verizon who said it's likely a problem with iPhone 12's and it'd be fixed with the iOS update on 1/25 (14.4), but it didn't solve the issue. I called and spoke with Apple on Friday and they said it isn't a known issue with their devices, but because we have AppleCare they still wanted to check out the phone statistics and diagnostics in person. So, I spent 4 hours today backing up our new phones, taking them to the Apple Store a half hour away, getting replacement phones, and then restoring them from backup. It did not solve the problem. So, it is not our phones. I'm really frustrated.

Model: XR500|Nighthawk Pro Gaming Router
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Netduma-Liam
NetDuma Partner

Re: Phone calls and text messages don’t work when connected to WiFi?

Thanks for the update. 

So if you connect to your old ISP router, you don't experience this issue?

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