I bought a RE500X repeater a while back and it was working fine until recently. For the past week, I've noticed that my PC connected to it via Ethernet disconnects exactly every hour - like clockwork! The disconnections happen at 14:59, 15:59, 16:59, and so on. I checked the router logs and saw some DHCP-related messages when these disconnects occur. I tried turning off the DHCP server on the repeater, assigned a static IP, and used Google DNS on my PC. Though the disconnections stopped, I still experience lag spikes that get me kicked out of games, while other applications like Discord remain unaffected. Additionally, I've seen an error in my Event Viewer about a name resolution timing out. I'm really stuck on how to solve this. Any advice would be appreciated!
2 Answers
Have you tried power cycling your devices? Sometimes just restarting your router and repeater can solve strange disconnection issues.
It sounds like a DHCP issue to me. Try increasing the DHCP lease time on your main router to something longer. That might help stabilize your connection.
I can't find that option in the settings. Also, why has this issue just started this past week when everything was fine before?
I found the option and it was set to 1 day, so that should be sufficient.
Should I reboot the whole router or just the repeater?