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Nighthawk Mesh MK62 Dropping Internet Connection
I recently replaced my old router with this setup and the internet connection keeps dropping. Getting a wifi error "No Internet Connection." The wifi signal is strong but the internet connection rand...
Cletus wrote:What I have found is the Windows 10 laptop is getting an incorrect ip address. When the laptop gets this "connected no internet" msg, the ip address is not in my network.
It's most likely not getting one - much more to does not receive an interface configuration from the DHCP server operating on the router. Windows 10 and many other decent OS fall-back to self-assigned Zeroconfig network addresses. from the 169.254.0.0/16 block. This indicates a connectivity issue between the computer and the router, or the computer with the satellite and the router.
Cletus wrote:So per Netgear support I am to force this MAC Address to have a fixed IP Address. No status to report on how this is working just yet.
This won't help, unless you want the router assign always the same IP address to the computer/device based on the MAC address. Needless to say, this requires a reliable connection beteen coputer and router.
To add to this... I disconeected the satellite which I initially thought resolved the issue but apparemntly not. I get a Wi-Fi "Self-Assigned IP" error several times a day and either need to reboot the modem or turn the Wi-Fi off and back on to correct it.