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on 03-15-2024 11:23 AM
Hi,
I've had this NR5103EV2 router for a month or so. Recently it has developed a new fault. All connected devices lose access to the internet. They have the WiFi connection but no internet. All the indicator lights on the router are good and if I log into the router it says it has a good signal. My Smarty phone is working fine on 5G during this problem.
I have to re-boot the router and then it works fine.
Not sure what I can do about this. I'm considering buying another router but they are expensive.
03-16-2024 09:55 AM - edited 03-16-2024 10:18 AM
Have you tried increasing the DHCP Server Lease Time in the router network admin page? Try setting it to a much longer time, say 31 days. Reboot the router after you have made this change. Some DHCP renewal requests can cause this behaviour on version 1 of the NR5103E router (the version I have).
on 03-16-2024 10:39 AM
It's worth a try but the thing that prompted my post this time was - I rebooted at about 9am as otherwise my VPN for work is slow. Then, during my 10am zoom call, I lost the internet in the way described. I've set it to 31 days anyway - can't do any harm!
on 03-16-2024 08:35 AM
But do you have to reboot? The v1 I have has an option to turn off WiFi. I have it set to got off an 23:30 then come on at 05:00. Try setting a scheduled WiFi shutdown for a few minutes at a convenient time to see if the WiFi resets nicely.
on 03-16-2024 10:48 AM
I see someone tells us this impacts wired connections too - not something I have tested. The thing is, I had just done a re-boot one hour before this failure so I don't think resetting everything regularly would help. I have considered a time switch on the plug to get over VPN problems - I have to re-boot it every morning or the VPN is slow. This is a really poor router! It happened 3 times yesterday. I wonder if it happens even more and I don't happen to notice as I'm not using the internet at the time.
on 03-16-2024 09:51 AM
This problem affects wired as well as wireless connections.
Not signal in + not Wi-Fi out = hub hardware, firmware or configuration.
03-16-2024 03:54 AM - edited 03-16-2024 04:04 AM
Exactly the same thing here. I was considering reporting the hub as faulty but it sounds as though I would get the same issue with a replacement. @JonathanB, any help?
N. B. Signal is fine and wired connections are affected same as wireless so it's definitely a device/configuration issue.