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New - RAX35/38/40/42/43/45/50 Firmware Version 1.0.12.120 Released
New Features: 11/09/2022
Support Japan MAP-E and DS-Lite IPv6 feature
Support manually configure DNS sever option when SPC enabled.
Bug Fixes:
Fixes the issue where IPv6 DHPC r...
Ok, thanks for the details. Will pass this on to NG for review. They are already aware of the auto update issue seen and seem to have disabled this v.120 from being auto updated on users units. So I guess for now, use v.112. Hopefully NG will fix all this.
This is the third time this has happened. The two previous times I exchanged the router. It appears on some rare instances when making changes to the Wi-Fi settings the NVRAM setting become corrupted greatly slowing down Wi-Fi speeds. First I tried reloading the config file and then I tried re-installing the firmware. Both were unsuccessful. As a last measure I did a factory reset which put the NVRAM back into its original state and that worked.
Glad you got it working. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/24231/How-do-I-back-up-the-router-configuration-settings-on-my-Nighthawk-router
PaulGo wrote:
This is the third time this has happened. The two previous times I exchanged the router. It appears on some rare instances when making changes to the Wi-Fi settings the NVRAM setting become corrupted greatly slowing down Wi-Fi speeds. First I tried reloading the config file and then I tried re-installing the firmware. Both were unsuccessful. As a last measure I did a factory reset which put the NVRAM back into its original state and that worked.
I did a Google search on the issue of the Wi-Fi slowdown and last year several other users of this community reported similar problems. They also had to do a reset. Yesterday it happened again to me when I rebooted the router. I had to do another reset and then when I tested the Wi-Fi speed before I restored the backed up config file it was still low. Somehow after I restored the config file it is now back to the correct Wi-Fi Speed. The correct Wi-Fi download speed to over 700Mbps and when the router becomes faulty it drops below 300Mbps. I rebooted the router several times and it is now staying at the correct speed (but for how long?). Perhaps there is a hardware bug than needs be patched.
One more thing to add: I have the router 5G band set is up for up to 4800Mbps which results in a 160 MHz bandwidth (i initially choose channel 36). The channels for 4800Mpbs are limited in the United States but I decided to try channel 44. One this router most of the time changing the channel causes the permanent Wi-Fi slowdown (changing back to channel 36 does not help).