I'm good with the factory reset, but we need a method to script our changes after the reset since reimporting the config breaks it again. Anyone have any ideas where all the parameters are [in what files(s)] in the filesystem since we can't do it through open APIs? Manually changing them via a script is a million times better than doing it through the GUI.
I have a file with my settings, but copy and paste is extremely inefficient when you have a lot of parameter changes. I utilize MAC address filtering and have 75 MACs in my list, which can only be entered one at a time. Moreover, the paste function does not work in the MAC address text box when you add a device, yet paste works for the device name text box. That's odd to say the least and requires addresses to be typed in. Thus, we need a more efficient way of changing our settings outside the GUI.
Or just get on with doing it manually, I have 114 devices and it takes me about an hour or so to do the all from scratch, sometines you just have to knuckle down and get on with it to it.Or you could write a NVRAM save/restore utility of course.
Yeah, that's what I was asking. What files store this information? I can write a script or just VI once I'm in and paste the settings in the config files.
Options: -h this help msg
-v Print version/perform consistency check
-b Backup mode - save for restore to same router (default)
-m Migration mode - transfer settings to another router
-i inifile Specify custom nvram variable ini file
-clk Include clkfreq/overclock setting (Backup mode only)
-nojffs Skip backup of jffs storage
-nouser Skip execution of user exit script
Rax120_rax80, having the ability to export, edit, and import some (or all) of the router’s settings is an excellent suggestion. That capability would not only facilitate restoring a router to a workable state following a factory reset, but would also assist when upgrading from one Netgear router to another. I recommend that you post the suggestion to the Idea Exchange For Home.
P.S.: Has your RAX120 been running well, since performing the factory reset followed by the manual entry of the router's settings?
I just posted this in another thread, but thought I'd throw it up here.
For what it's worth, I think I've found the cause of this on my router. I've had my RAX120 a few months now and haven't had a problem. Like most other posts on the subject my issues started happening early March. I saw another post about firefox switching the default protocol to DNS-over-HTTPS (https://www.computerworld.com/article/3529424/firefox-starts-switching-on-dns-over-https-to-encrypt-...) and tested it using the routers Default DNS server settings. Sure enough, soon after having a couple pages open in Firefox all DNS was broken and thus the 'internets' were unavailable.
I left the setting enabled in Firefox (and stopped using it for now). I switched my default to Chromium Edge and the network has been solid for 24+ hours vs. the 1-2 hours I was getting.
Currently my firmware is rolled back to 108 and it's been solid. After another 24 hours I'll go back to 114 with 118 hotfix. My DNS server is set to cloudflare right now.
Curious on anyone else's testing, have you checked for DNS over HTTPS causing your problems? I've not seen a solid list of who uses this or doesn't use it, but I believe I saw a reference that Netflix in Windows will use DoH as well as Firefox. For the time being I'm avoiding both of those as I have 2 people working from home thanks to C-19. Will try to 'break' DNS resolving again this weekend by doing everything in Firefox.
FYI: Readers of this thread may be interested in OpenDNS Prosumer, a product that uses an IPsec tunnel to encrypt DNS traffic for privacy, and blocks malware domains for security. I have used it since installing a RAX120 a few months ago, and have not observed any DNS problems to-date.
Yeah OpenDNS is nice but it doesn't help with this problem at all since the problem is in the Router Proxying DNS request. If you happen to be manually setting DNS on your downstream devices you could bypass the issue or if your using DHCP server not on the Netgear you may also bypass this particular problem and configure DNS resolver on your endpoints that is something other than the Router address.... If you don't use the router as your DNS resolver this particular issues would not affect you.
Did you import a backup of your configuration? I had the problem return after completing a factory reset and importing my settings from the cfg file I had backed up.
Earlier yesterday I flashed my router with the beta patch and 24 hrs later I haven't dropped a connection yet. I'll keep my fingers crossed and will update if the router drops the connection again.
FiatNox, just curious: is it possible that you used a browser with DNS-over-HTTPS enabled? Based on messages #64 and #84 in this thread, doing so may have caused the problem to reappear after the factory reset.
In the time since reconfiguring DNS to cloudflare and disabling DNS-over-HTTPS in browsers I'd say I've had significantly less failures, but I still have the issue. This morning I woke up to the phone saying "Connected, no Internet". Time for coffee and a reboot.
On the plus side I'm only resetting once per day instead of every few hours. It feels more arbitrary than trigger based, but I'm not monitoring packets. We have very few connected devices (generally only 14-16 connected at a given time) and no kids in the house. No IOT devices, no smart home, etc.
Since I had still had failures on 108 with a clean config (no imported config file) I went ahead and went back up to .114, then the .118 hotfix. I've been stable a few hours since then, but I know deep down it will rear it's ugly head again.
1. No, I haven’t reset yet and haven’t upgraded to 118 yet. 2. I read an earlier comment about Firefox. One person in my home was using it and stopped. I haven’t had a disconnect yet. 3. Another item to consider is our isp. I was on a Skype call and several in the call lost connection at the same time. I had to reboot the router. Plus, some of those who were disconnected live at least 45 miles from me. With a lot working from home, who knows what changes our providers are making.
I just purchased this and all of a sudden it randomly disconnects and only connects some devices and not the others. Then it will work for awhile once i reboot it then it will do it again extremely frustrating for the cost of this router. You say there is a update firmware beta to fix this problem? If not im returning before my 30 days are up.
@Hazeleyez97 wrote: I just purchased this and all of a sudden it randomly disconnects and only connects some devices and not the others. Then it will work for awhile once i reboot it then it will do it again extremely frustrating for the cost of this router. You say there is a update firmware beta to fix this problem? If not im returning before my 30 days are up.
there is a hot fix here, update via your web UI after downloading it. Afterwards reset the router using the rear pin hole method and setup as new. Do not use a saved config. once you have done this monitor the router and remember to check your internet setting is set to always on.
I have the same symtoms, opened a tkt 42474491 and am sitting on hold. I'd like the Beta Firmware to try it out. As a workaround I've set DNS server settings to Google DNS Manually on My PC's, iPhones and Kids School chromebooks. to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 and everything works. if a network device is pointing to the router it can not get out to the internet. Our Alexa Devices work but I have a hunch they don't use DNS.
Looks like problem came back this morning. Woke up to kids knocking on my bedroom door.... Internet is out.. Great way to start the day... Did some basic troubleshooting to determine everything off my upstream Modem was working fine and the IP based connectivity was functionaly from everything off my RAX120. Appeared to be DNS again. Rebooted router and back to working. So I guess was stable for 2 weeks and problem re-appeared.
