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AC3200 rebooting issues
I am having an issue with my Router rebooting all the time. This happened since downloading and instaling the newest firmware for security reasons. I am having the same issues as this topic ( https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/R8000-rebooting/td-p/494441/page/2 ) I thought by spending $300 for a top of the line router I wouldnt have connection issues but it seems this model is super buggy since the update. I bought the unit in July and never had rebooting issues or IP changes. Now when it reboots it changes the ip's of a few connections. I have since reserved the ip's so they dont change (for remote vpn login reasons). I get regular loss of wifi signal on the 5ghz signals. I only attach 1-2 streaming media devices to those ports (amazon fire stick, apple tv ect...) and they seem to work ok for a while but drop after about 45min of use. Any ideas on this. It seems that this model has been buggy for years since it was released. I only have 2 hard line connections and around 5-8 wifi connected devices at a time. Again as I said I havent had an issue until the firmware was updated. It seems like it corrupted the router.Solved2KViews0likes3CommentsRouter gets VERY slow and needs reboot
I've had this router for about 1 year. It worked well, but after about 3 weeks things would start streaming slow, movies and games. After a restart everything worked fine. A month ago I started having issues with my wife's phone, Galaxy S6. It would stay connected, but internet was so slow it was unusable. The mobile network was fine. If we connected to wifi at a store or libray it was fine. Only time we had an issue is at home. To give you an idea if we did a Speedtest it would take 1-2 minutes to "Find the Best Server". After that push "Begin Test" and the speed was about 75 Mbps. For my phone the "Find the Best Server" was 2-3 seconds. Do the same test on the mobile network and it works great. I tried moving it from 5 ghz to 2.4, changed the encryption, rebooted the phone, reset the phone, rebooted the router nothing helped the speed. Finally I tried connecting with WPS instead of using the passphrase and that worked. For a while. Every 1-2 days it gets slow again. I need to reboot the router, then it works fine again for another 1-2 days. Provider is Xfinity and I believe we have the latest firmware. Needless to say it's very frustrating to have to reboot the router every day. Today it worked only 12 hours and I had to reboot again. We have 4 computers, Chromecast, smart appliances, ipods, and none of them have a problem. Only 1 phone and then it only started a month ago. Any ideas? This is very frustrating. Thanks.Solved21KViews0likes3Comments