Rax80 smart connect issue wifi dropping

The only thing that I have been able to research is that every 24hrs the lease expires on your device from the router, which means that your device asks the router to stay connected for another 24 hrs. When the time expires, a new IP address has to be assigne to the device, but usually it keep the same address. For my case, the router IP address is 192.168.1.1 which is very common and it should assign an IP address to your device like 192.168.1.25. What I have noticed is that the router assigns an IP address of 169.254.7.7 or some real strange number and then makes all your devices saty offline because it doesn't keep the same IP address structure. You can try this by connecting to your 2.4GHZ band and then trying the 5GHZ (or viceversa) and see what IP address is assigned. One way to get around this (for some devices) is to assign your device a static IP. Not all devices let you do this but if you are stuck with this router this is the only thing that has worked for me. I agree with all the previous posts. Give it back. I have tried other brand routers and havent been able to find the same quality as netgear. I will defenitely not recommend any Netgear AX router to anyone. But for the time being buy yourself a negear x4s or x6s for much cheaper. You will get the same speeds on 5GHZ since we are only up to 1Gig. 

Been failry solid for a few months now.  Still on the older Firmware.  I haven't touched it.  I believe I did reboot it at least 1 time in the last few months.  other than that.  I have left it alone as a WiFi access  point only.  No LAN connections, separate WiFi for 2.5 and 5Ghz as I have always had.  Seems to be fairly stable on this firmware for me.  

My only suggestion would be to revert back to factory settings.  Manually update the firmware before putting anything on it (settings, specific IP ranges, security, etc).  test it out with factory only settings and say current firmware for a week.  See if it just works not connected to anything.  Then bring it over to your network.  

this is a very finicky router to say the least.  But, I think it "can" work. Just like a really fragile piece of glass work, but not be a total paper weight.  :(

RAX 35 ax6 Router.. You know, Im going to try to assign my desktop a static IP address to resolve my issue... heres why. Ive had this router since january, multiple tech tickets and wasted time on calls, received a " new " router and returned the old to netgear..... problems persist ( dropping 2.4 and 5G signals intermittently ) but the strangest issue is: the only device I have hardwired is my desktop, if I turn the desktop off at night, EVERY morning the network is down , wireless and wired. Power cycle the router to bring back up, I havent check to see if its issuing a Link Local address ( 169.254..) but its beyond frustrating and makes no sense at all. I will try this tonight and get back to you, your post is the only thing ive seen that is even is the ballpark with my issue... netgear is useless... about to switch back to ASUS or TP LINK when my patience with this is depleted. Side note * I updated with both routers, out of the box, to the only updated firmware ver. available... perhaps a mistake?? cant downgrade to test. 

I've owned mine for a year, wifi drops-Tvs, phones, laptops, can reboot and it settles down, but will return.  Basically, you turn off AX and SmartConnect and the wifi is stable.  These tech features don't work on this model with my equipment.  I have a copier connected wifi and it keeps a message log of what is happening, every hour the wifi would drop, re-join, go for 45min to an hour and drop and rejoin.  I really believe the router decides to swap 5g-2.4g constantly.  Figures since turning the smartconnect off resolves the issues. 

I really believe Netgear has become the microsoft of the industry...push out a product to say your first at this tech, but that may not work and rely on firmware/software to fix.  They have been unable to fix on this one. 

Just bought the AX8...at first start I've accepted the suggested firmware upgrade

I configure it as an Access Point and activate smartconnect with same SSID for 2.4 and 5.0GHz Wifi...

Wifi is unstable on my macbook pro, it drops, it come back, 2 minutes later it drops again and so on...

It's like buying a car with a motor that stops every miles...

Any tech expert here ? Should I send back this piece of xxxxxx ?

Seems you're right, but it is unbelievable...

My firmware is V1.0.3.102_1.0.48 (the latest I guess)

is it the same with all Netgear AX router ?

is the "reconnexion" by design with AX ?

which cheaper router should give the same power and antenna quality to cover a big house in 2.4 GHz ?

Great but what's are "iPhone preferred settings" ?

Don't foget

You are here because your setup was not working correctly according to what the manufacturer made you believe...troublefree wifi 6 capability, wonderful wifi/lan peace and unity.

In reality your city was burned.

If you turn these super expensive fuctions you bought the router for, all is well.  Its a no brainer according to netgear.