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mchensky
Aspirant
Oct 31, 2017
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R8000P dropping wifi connection

Hello, I own a Nighthawk X6S (R8000P) and I've been having an ongoing issue where after I've been surfing via wifi for some time the wifi connection will remain active however there is no data up/dow...
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Dropping Connection
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  • DjRiDe's avatar
    DjRiDe
    Jun 11, 2018

    So I updated to Firmware V1.4.0.10 5 days ago.  So far no internet drops :smileyhappy:

    Haven't tried installing my USB hardrive to see if network storage works again.  Just updating everyone.

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DarthSaint94
Initiate
Jul 24, 2018

So, obviously this router is trouble. When it works for me, it works great. But every other day it craps out, and that's just unacceptable. Do any of you guys have recommendations for a router that has 5G and will actually work how it should?