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my 5ghz band on my XR500 nighthawk router drops me after a couple of seconds
whenever i connect to the 5ghz band on my XR500 router, after a couple of seconds it will drop me for no reason whatsoever, i am not good at giving good details, but we have had this router for years and it has never done this before, smart connect is off, the firmware is V2.3.2.114 and the os seems to be DumaOSXR500 Xbox one x hardwired issue
I have the xr500 and I’ve had nothing but issues since I got it. First it wouldn’t connect at all. Did a factory reset of the router and it worked! Since I’ve had it though, my Xbox says my nat type is strict and will not let me use party chat. I have port forwarded all required ports for my Xbox and this is still the issue. If I have to reset my router for any reason it will not connect to the internet with the Xbox hardwired into the back. Then I have to factory reset it just to get it to connect again. Yet the issue is still I can’t use this router with my Xbox. I’ve had to have all my friends download discord so we can talk during games. Anyone else have any issues like this? Any work around?XR500 with R8000 in AP Mode
Hello. I have been using an R8000 router for the past year and recently got my hands on the XR500. I have a 2 storey house with my ISP modem set to bridge mode and the netgear router on the main floor. Since I now have 2 really good routers, I was thinking I should put the XR500 on the main floor and the R8000 on the 2nd floor LAN connected. I guess I would put the R8000 into AP mode since the XR 500 has the good firmware. My question is if this makes sense, or should I just use the XR500 and sell the R8000? I'm wondering how the tri-band on the R8000 would work alongside the dual band on the XR500. Does it just do 2 bands in this case? I would typically try it myself but am away for work so checking to see if anyone has done this.