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Nighthawk AX4: DHCP Not Working - IP not assigned automatically
So, I have had this router for a few months now and I have had issues with wifi on numerous ocassions. At random, the router will begin to not distribute and assign ipv4 ip address for devices connec...
Mine does the same. Been through support. They’re not transparent, and never give information to the users. It’s sad as hell. Netgear used to be a name you could trust. I don’t wanna badmouth a company on their website. But months of issues with this and other things like disconnects... I hope the competition Pushes them hard. I’m so upset. So freaking mad right now . During work from home covid era none the less.
Spoke too soon. Ran the firmware update but DHCP never resumed working. Been messing with it all day with no luck. Had to set all my devices to static IP's so I could work. Will have to factory reset it again. Of course I can't ask for support without buying a $30 support contract. Do they give you 90 days support after purchase? I'm a week past 90 lol.
- I just found a possible workaround. Disable access control. Even with no rules set, after disabling 2.4 and 5 ghz showed on my devices with internet. Give it a shot!
No luck for me, but thanks for the suggestion. I had an old R6220 set in AP mode, so I ended up swapping my R6220 and RAX40's roles, set the RAX40 in AP mode. Hopefully Netgear will fix it in the future and I can use it as my router like I hoped for. Lost an entire day fighting with this stuff.
- To update it eventually failed again. This batch of products is very buggy. Hope for some fixes...