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I bought this router about 6 months ago and it's worked great but all of of a sudden it will go into a state where you can't connect to it even with a wired connection. I pinged it (192.168.1.1) and it responds so I know it's there but if I try to connect to 192.168.1.1 it will NOT connect. If I unplug it and let it boot back up then everything is back to normal. The router is running version
The firmware version you're on made quite a few changes.
I'd start with a factory reset and manual re-install. If you have a backup copy of your configuration, i wouldn't use it for the re-install.
many times this fixes the issue you're having.
If it doesn't, you can try downgrading a version of the firmware, resetting the device again (advised after a downgrade), and re-installing again. anytime you change firmware its a good idea to do it over a hardwired connection for best results.
The firmware version you're on made quite a few changes.
I'd start with a factory reset and manual re-install. If you have a backup copy of your configuration, i wouldn't use it for the re-install.
many times this fixes the issue you're having.
If it doesn't, you can try downgrading a version of the firmware, resetting the device again (advised after a downgrade), and re-installing again. anytime you change firmware its a good idea to do it over a hardwired connection for best results.
How do I downgrade? Do I just download the previous version of the firmware and install it?
Thanks for the reply.... it'll be a little while before I can try all of this because I'm kinda tied up with other things at the moment. Even though you didn't recommend it (and I don't think it will work either) I'm gonna reset it and do an install from a backup file because I can do that quickly. It will take quite some time to manually reconfigure it.
Model: R7900P|Nighthawk X6S AC3000 Tri Band WiFi Router
Correct. You just install one of the previous versions and install it.
If you click downloads its under "+ view previous versions"
Only reason I don't recommend re-installing from a backup configuration is when they make significant changes, the backup might still include those settings and cause issues. You're not out anything for trying though.
So far it hasn't failed after I did a factory reset BUT it's gone for a week before and not failed so if it fails again I'm gonna do as you suggested and configure it manually.
Model: R7900P|Nighthawk X6S AC3000 Tri Band WiFi Router
It did finally fail after my loading my backup into it but I tool your suggestion and started completely over and manually reconfibured it and it seems to be fine now.
Thanks a bunch!!
Model: R7900P|Nighthawk X6S AC3000 Tri Band WiFi Router
