Nighthawk RAX200 - ethernet port becomes disabled randomly
Using the Nighthawk RAX200 with Firmware Version V1.0.4.120_1.0.61
Randomly, perhaps every few days or so, any of the ethernet ports on the back of RAX200 become disabled, meaning I can't access the internet through the device on that port. when I connect a device through that port once it has become disabled, my device can recognize, assign itself an IP address but cannot connect to the internet. The device does not show up when I go to routerlogin.com and check Attached Devices for the right device. However, the port light illuminates, which indicates there is at least a physical connection.
As soon as I restart the router, the issue goes away only to randomly come back at some point later.
How do I get ports on the back of the router to not randomly disable?
Re: Nighthawk RAX200 - ethernet port becomes disabled randomly
> [...] any of the ethernet ports on the back of RAX200 become disabled, > meaning I can't access the internet through the device on that port. > [...]
Does that mean that one of the ports fails at a time, unrelated to which device is connected to it? Other ports continue to work?
Do wireless device connections also fail when this happens? What all fails when one failure is detected.
> [...] when I connect a device through that port once it has become > disabled, my device can recognize, assign itself an IP address but > cannot connect to the internet. [...]
Does "assign itself an IP address" mean that your (unspecified) "a device" got a self-assigned address in the "169.254.x.y" range? That would suggest that the device can't communicate with router's DHCP server.
> How do I get ports on the back of the router to not randomly disable?
Blame assignment is Job One. Test/swap cables. Move devices to different ports. Observe/record which devices fail when connected where.
I wouldn't expect a single port to fail to communicate on its own, especially if its port-status LED is still good, and then recover with a router restart. Bad hardware is always a possibility, however.
