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philspo
Aspirant
Feb 17, 2022
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My AC3000 Nighthawk X6S Tri Band WiFi Mesh Extender goes down

Hi My AC 3000 Nighthawk X6S model EX8000 keeps shutting down. It works perfectly for several hours and then disapears from the network and the white leds on the front are off. Its annoying because...
  • philspo's avatar
    philspo
    Feb 24, 2022

    Hi,

    Thank you very much for your input.

    I will try  your suggestions and maybe install a UPS as well.

    The problem didn't occur again these last days.

    Thanks again

     

plemans's avatar
plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Feb 18, 2022

2 things you can try. 

1. you can try downgrading the firmware a version to check if its a firmware issue. 

2. you could try a different power supply. Maybe its crapping out under load at a certain point. If you have a different device with a matching power supply (exact same voltage/polarity and at least the same amperage) you could try it. 

  • philspo's avatar
    philspo
    Aspirant
    Feb 24, 2022

    Hi,

    Thank you very much for your input.

    I will try  your suggestions and maybe install a UPS as well.

    The problem didn't occur again these last days.

    Thanks again