While playing Fortnite, Overwatch, Black Ops4, SMITE, or any matchmaking game, I am disconnected momentarily for about 5 seconds. Most of the time I am entered back into the match but sometimes I am not (or I was killed). This never happened with my Nighthawk X10, which I just replaced last week. I've been playing with the settings, even following the DumaOS Optimizing guide but nothing has resolved this issue. Also, when I connect directly to my CM700 modem, I don't have this issue. When I connect back my Nighthawk X10, I don't have this issue. From what I've searched online, tthis issue appears to be happening often enough for me to consider returning it (periodic disconnection). For a $500 router, and the Netgear brand (which I've absolutely enjoyed for years with no isses), this is an utter disappointment. I will be patient for a few more days to try more troubleshooting...
Re: XR700 connection drops every 3-5 minutes wired
Sorry to hear you're having that issue. A few questions to get a better idea of what is happening: Is the internet dropped for every device connected to the router or just the gaming device? Is it the internet dropping or just a drop out from the game? Are you using the Geo-Filter when playing these games? If so do you notice anything being blocked on the Geo-Filter Map when the issue occurs?
Re: XR700 connection drops every 3-5 minutes wired
Hi, The router is in default settings. The internet is dropping for every device, wireless and wired. I’ve tried the geo-filter and experienced the same drop rate( I had the geo-filter set up to work as a Pure Ping filter). I got the router to be much more stable by changing the connection type for IPV6 to 6to4. Instead of every 3-5 minutes, the drop occurs about once every half hour.
The internet is completely dropping as I was watching the status window for both a wired and wireless connection, and while purposely downloading a 20 Gb file to ensure the computers were sending/receiving packets for at least 20 min. I also had the DumaOS page open and every time the internet would appear to cut out, the site would prompt me to enter my credentials.
Re: XR700 connection drops every 3-5 minutes wired
Were you able to downgrade FW? Others mention after doing this, this seems to have stopped the diconnects on the XR router.
@surfy wrote: Hi, The router is in default settings. The internet is dropping for every device, wireless and wired. I’ve tried the geo-filter and experienced the same drop rate( I had the geo-filter set up to work as a Pure Ping filter). I got the router to be much more stable by changing the connection type for IPV6 to 6to4. Instead of every 3-5 minutes, the drop occurs about once every half hour.
The internet is completely dropping as I was watching the status window for both a wired and wireless connection, and while purposely downloading a 20 Gb file to ensure the computers were sending/receiving packets for at least 20 min. I also had the DumaOS page open and every time the internet would appear to cut out, the site would prompt me to enter my credentials.
