For the past week or so, my Actiontec router has been going dead on the wireless. If I reboot the router, or even just log in to the router at 192.168.1.1 and toggle the Wireless off and then back on, my wireless network comes back to life... But within 5 minutes tops, it goes dead again. The router light is blinking green the whole time, but none of my wireless devices can see each other in a home network, nor access the Internet through the router.
The wired ethernet connections work fine. The multi-room DVR service can be a bit spotty now though. Too bad for me my only printer is a wireless one!
I've spent 4-5 rounds with Verizon tech support, I've changed my Wireless channel from 1 to 11, hard reset my router any number of times and even had my ONT rebooted ("just to see what happens"), and swapped out my router twice. First for another Rev F, and then I actually paid $$ to get a Rev I version of the MI424WR with two antennas. Nothing has helped.
I had used this service for 3+ years with no issues until this hit, and now it won't go away, even though it seems like a hardware problem. Any suggestions? I'm not waiting another 1+ hours to talk to a Verizon tech again to get the same scripted answers!
I am running the power to the router through a CyberPower 685AVR line conditioner and UPS, and have tried both running the coax ethernet through the AVR and directly from the wall to the router, and even removing the router from the AVR and straight to the wall (in case my AVR has started flaking out and providing spiky voltage). Nope, plus none of the other devices plugged into the AVR exhibit any kind of power fluctuation issues.
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