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Nighthawk r6700 will not stay connected after updating firmware to version V1.2.0.16_1.0.1
I updated to the newest firmware to V1.2.0.16_1.0.1 last Wednesday, and ever since then, my router is not staying connected to the internet. I have factory reset the router a couple times now and still have no luck. I do see a lot of DoS attacks comming into my router logs now, although not sure if that always happened. I check on some of the IPs and none look too sucspicious(microsoft, amazon, other sites I have visited) I am at a loss at this point. Is there a way to rollback the firmware? Any other suggestions as to what it may be? It has progressivly gotten worse, it started out as once a day, now it is several times a day.
Re: Nighthawk r6700 will not stay connected after updating firmware to version V1.2.0.16_1.0.1
Hi InvadGir,
How often do you get disconnected? What is the color of the Internet LED when it stopped working?
I suggest to reflash the firmware. This means that you will load the same firmware version. Here's the reference link of how to manually upgrade firmware to NETGEAR router:
Re: Nighthawk r6700 will not stay connected after updating firmware to version V1.2.0.16_1.0.1
It was several times a day. It started out about once a day, but it started to get to multiple times a day. I actually decided to rollback last night. One thing I noticed is that it did not disconnect unless I was starting to put a load on the internet, if it was basic browsing, it was fine, but if I started streaming, that is when it would disconnect after a while. I rolled back to the last version of firmware and have been streaming for a bit tonight. I am testing to see if it stabilizes.
Thanks for the input, I will update tomorrow if I feel that worked or if I need to attempt another method. If anyone has a solution based off the information provided, that would be great.
Re: Nighthawk r6700 will not stay connected after updating firmware to version V1.2.0.16_1.0.1
I spoke too soon, the internet just went out after reverting back to the old firmware. Again, while streaming on my amazon fire tv. The internet LED turns orange. Everything was working fine until I upgraded to the newest firmware and did a factory reset. I am wondering if there is a setting somewhere that needs to be tweaked.
Re: Nighthawk r6700 will not stay connected after updating firmware to version V1.2.0.16_1.0.1
Hi InvadGir,
You mentioned that you revert back to the old firmware and issue still persist. Kindly update the firmware again to its latest version (1.2.0.16) and reset one more time.
Re: Nighthawk r6700 will not stay connected after updating firmware to version V1.2.0.16_1.0.1
I updated to the latest firmware again around 6pm.....lost internet again around 11pm......again, the newsest firmware appears to be less stable. On the previous firmware, I did have random spans of a day or 2 with uninterupted servce, then other times I would loose service a couple times in a day. I will be monitoring now to see if it stabilizes at all....
