Paul- Found this post, which suggests a hotfix for this exact problem: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-Pro-Gaming-Routers/XR500-Lan-ports-problem/td-p/1775495
On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 4:50 AM Paul Boniol <paul.bon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I mistyped, 4 lan ports. I should have thought about looking at the log, > seemed such a hardware failure I didn't think, but a good idea if it occurs > again. It is a stock Netgear Nighthawk gaming router so there isn't a lot of > poking under the hood. > > Paul > > On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 3:10 AM Csaba Toth <csaba.toth...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I thought wifi routers have only one wan (upstream) port. Can you peek into >> the kernel or sys log of the router to spot error messages when this occur? >> >> On Fri, Jan 21, 2022, 00:43 Paul Boniol <paul.bon...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> It happened again, and it was more persistent tonight. From what I can >>> deduce, it appears the WAN ports (all four) on the wifi router periodically >>> fail. >>> >>> It isn't consistent, This time it magically started working as expected >>> after about 8 hours (with multiple reboots, plugging devices directly into >>> the router, different switch configurations, different patch cables, etc.). >>> Oddly, it seemed to pick one (1) network device to work at reboot (normally >>> the Roku...), though disconnecting and reconnecting it failed. Also failed >>> to respond with a laptop, when it was the only device connected directly to >>> the router, port light on the router lit, after a reboot. >>> >>> There are no wifi problems at all, multiple devices, appearing to work at >>> normal speed. I only got the wifi router in October 2020, but that is well >>> past the 1 year warranty, and of course I didn't get an extended warranty >>> because I have never had a problem with a router malfunctioning until >>> several years after I bought it >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 11:26 AM Paul Boniol <paul.bon...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Good suggestion. I've got a 20 year old who isn't overly computer savvy >>>> (despite my best efforts, he isn't interested in learning about anything >>>> under the hood), so goodness only knows... Of course it isn't entirely >>>> impossible other internet connected devices could have somehow become >>>> infected, though that's less probable. >>>> >>>> No problem this morning, but if it learns when traffic is more likely, it >>>> could have switched off before I got up. >>>> >>>> I'll see about monitoring overnight and see what happens. >>>> >>>> Paul. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 7:22 AM Tilghman Lesher <tilgh...@meg.abyt.es> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Any possibility that malware is on a system and is using your >>>>> connection? As soon as you start trying to use the network, it shuts >>>>> down (ostensibly to avoid being detected). Then, when the network is >>>>> idle again, it starts back up and begins consuming bandwidth. It >>>>> could explain the slow connection. >>>>> >>>>> I'd suggest a network monitor port and watch the network traffic >>>>> overnight and see if anything shows up. >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 5:50 PM Paul Boniol <paul.bon...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > Both Sunday morning and this morning, I had home internet issues. >>>>> > >>>>> > Yesterday, wireless was very slow, wired was not functioning. I >>>>> > rebooted everything. Wireless was still a bit slow at first, but >>>>> > functional. The wired network was still not working. I saw there was a >>>>> > wifi router update so I applied that. Still no joy on the wired >>>>> > network. Things were busy, so when I got back to it about 2 hours >>>>> > later, the wired network had magically started working again. The >>>>> > network worked fine the rest of the day. >>>>> > >>>>> > This morning when I woke up, wireless was working fine. Wired was again >>>>> > not functioning, but magically started within about 10 minutes, so I >>>>> > didn't have time to diagnose the problem. (With it working, I have >>>>> > moved the wires in the closet all around with no ill effect.) >>>>> > >>>>> > My first inclination is that the unmanaged switch is starting to fail.? >>>>> > Probably slim chance, maybe there's some misbehaving device? (There >>>>> > are no new devices within the last few weeks, but I can't rule out some >>>>> > bad software update to some device.) >>>>> > >>>>> > Any thoughts? If it wasn't intermittent, it would be a lot easier to >>>>> > diagnose. >>>>> > >>>>> > Paul >>>>> > >>>>> > -- >>>>> > -- >>>>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> > Groups "NLUG" group. >>>>> > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com >>>>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>>> > For more options, visit this group at >>>>> > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>>>> > >>>>> > --- >>>>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> > Groups "NLUG" group. >>>>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> > an email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> > To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAL9PgS0cZ%3DFP9a%3DveOnMa%3DNHOAvMp74x72ePMSNKLHPs82-65w%40mail.gmail.com. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Tilghman >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "NLUG" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "NLUG" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAHPkZcV%3D6a8Ta5vQdmVsvy%3DzfB5bx_f3p3UoqEecw_51w1pUcg%40mail.gmail.com. >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "NLUG" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "NLUG" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAL9PgS0Q--yuFge28fKesT1XNOOt%3DtoA5%3D1u1nhnnhPW80F%3DmQ%40mail.gmail.com. >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CA%2BKhHxKEx%2BRN293KmsixDaCBK-_3nypBnQ92iByshEQgNfOUJw%40mail.gmail.com. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAL9PgS3nmdRaW5RTTNrhp8gntMmqH3VyEeU5_oDfLA%3DaVX8YXg%40mail.gmail.com. -- Tilghman -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. 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