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Nighthawk RAX80 very unstable - losing connections
Hi all, I've bought the RAX80 six weeks ago and it's been very unstable since then: - devices losing wifi connections - devices not seeing the wifi network - RAX80 losing internet connection (...
- Devices with interrupted/losing wifi connection: almost every day
(iPhone goes to 4G, Apple TV gives warning: wifi connection - temporarily - lost, Microsoft Teams and Citrix disconnect and so on)
- Devices not seeing/listing the wifi network: few times a week, sometimes more often
(From iPhone 11 to old Windows laptop)
- Disconnecting from internet altogether (orange led): once a week or so
- Cisco Modem is fine (is very robust, simple modem, no wifi or routing functionality whatsoever). No problems with the modem (or connection) with my previous Apple Airport Router (Airport router needed a restart just once a year or so, very stable).
I'm not so comfortable downgrading the firmware of the RAX80 since there were some security vulnerabilities patched in the latest firmware update.
If you don't want to try the downgrade, then you can try reinstalling the firmware incase something is corrupt.
I'd try the downgrade as the rax devices have been getting fairly frequent updates. but its up to you