Brian Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 EDIT: I forgot to mention this is on the XR500 router I have been having problems with parts of the DumaOS menus not loading/partially loading or loading and then saying that I am not connected to the router when I am still on the internet. It happens randomly throughout the menus but seems to happen 99% of the time when trying to go to the geo-filter menu or when having the geo-filter setting pinned to the dashboard. I have attached a screenshot of the error that appears and the geo-filter settings do not load at all when this happens. Other times the whole dashboard itself will not load properly and it will give a popup error message saying "script error" I have tried contacting net gear support that went through all the troubleshooting steps they suggest as well as trying multiple factory resets, reflashing firmware, downgrading to a previous firmware, trying to restore setting from a previous back up, all with no result of solving the issue. I am not sure if there is some sort of glitch causing possible damage to the router but I noticed that I only ever started to have these problem after trying to signup for the hybrid VPN service, PureVPN, through the VPN settings page and putting the settings in the router directly for the PureVPN account. I was later told by their support that putting the settings directly into the router is not working with no ETA on a fix and that I should use their app in the meantime. After factory reseting the router and removing their app completely from all devices the setting for their VPN are no longer in the router but I still run into the same issues. Not sure if it is linked to trying to use the Hybrid VPN service but I just thought I should mention the problems happened immediately after trying to do so. I really hope this is something that can be fixed via a hot fix or firmware update as I have not even owned the router for 2 months now and it would be a shame for it to become unusable because of this issue. I look forward to hearing back from you about possible fixes for this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunaikinti Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Did you reset the router with a paperclip after removing the vpn? Also when you reset router, hybrid vpn is on by default. Turn it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 3 hours ago, Sunaikinti said: Did you reset the router with a paperclip after removing the vpn? Also when you reset router, hybrid vpn is on by default. Turn it off. Yes I tried this method of reseting the router multiple times and I did disable the hybrid VPN after reset on a few of the attempts. This did not seem to solve the problems at all sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunaikinti Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 With everything you did, upgrade, downgrade, reset, ect... I think you have a hardware issue. Can you return it for a new one? Or perhaps still under warranty? Get a new one from netgear. Or maybe one of the admins have a suggestion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 13 hours ago, Sunaikinti said: With everything you did, upgrade, downgrade, reset, ect... I think you have a hardware issue. Can you return it for a new one? Or perhaps still under warranty? Get a new one from netgear. Or maybe one of the admins have a suggestion? Yes I can but I would have to send in the router and not have access to the internet for my business for a few weeks for them to send me a new one, which is why I wanted to make sure it's a hardware issue and not something that can be resolved via software update before proceeding with doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netduma Alex Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 So you've downgraded back to the earliest available firmware and then upgraded to the latest again? Have you tried the hotfix firmware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 4 hours ago, Netduma Alex said: So you've downgraded back to the earliest available firmware and then upgraded to the latest again? Have you tried the hotfix firmware? I tried this which worked for a few minutes as long as I did not try to upload my backup of my settings from before (which would give me a "mismatch device" error on trying the load the geo-filter. However after a few minutes of it working it has gone back to the same problem as before. I'm not sure if the firmware update actually fixed anything as before trying this I would sometimes get it to work as well for a few minutes after a factory reset. Also, I did end up convincing the store to replace my router even though I was a week over the warranty period but I got the same results. Before the firmware patch and after on the new router I ran into the same issue. I think at this point is fair to say that it is not hardware failure, as what would be the odds that 2 routers, one brand new, the other about a month and a half old, would both have hardware issues. Unless by some rare chance that the whole lot at the production facility were defective, I think hardware failure can be ruled out at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunaikinti Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Try this recommend by zippy in another thread. DJ, Heres what I would try.. Disconnect everything from your router except power going to it.. Do a hard reset and hold the button in the back of the router for a good thirty seconds.. Maybe even do this two times back to back but let the router fully boot up between them. Again do not have anything connected at the time during this other than power of course.. Once you have done that let the router fully boot up and sit a bit. Then proceed and connect your lab top or computer you use to access the router.. Also before doing that make sure you have totally cleared any browser cache.. Once your at that stage you should hopefully be able to go through the setup procedure again.. If this doesn't work wait and see what Netduma suggests for you.. What I explained above worked for me and may not work for everyone.. Good luck! Zippy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 55 minutes ago, Sunaikinti said: Try this recommend by zippy in another thread. DJ, Heres what I would try.. Disconnect everything from your router except power going to it.. Do a hard reset and hold the button in the back of the router for a good thirty seconds.. Maybe even do this two times back to back but let the router fully boot up between them. Again do not have anything connected at the time during this other than power of course.. Once you have done that let the router fully boot up and sit a bit. Then proceed and connect your lab top or computer you use to access the router.. Also before doing that make sure you have totally cleared any browser cache.. Once your at that stage you should hopefully be able to go through the setup procedure again.. If this doesn't work wait and see what Netduma suggests for you.. What I explained above worked for me and may not work for everyone.. Good luck! Zippy After trying these steps I ran into the same issues/error messages again. Contacted Netgear support once again as well and they still have no clue what's going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunaikinti Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Maybe that'll make them finally release a new firmware! Wishful thinking. Sorry you're having so many issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 On 7/2/2019 at 8:59 PM, Sunaikinti said: Maybe that'll make them finally release a new firmware! Wishful thinking. Sorry you're having so many issues. Yes hopefully they will as this makes the router unusable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted July 5, 2019 Administrators Share Posted July 5, 2019 I have some questions that should hopefully help us get to the bottom of it: What web browser are you using? Do you see the issue on Chrome as that is our recommended browser. Are you trying to connect using HTTP or HTTPS? If the latter use HTTP, does that resolve it? Do you have any extensions enabled on your browser? If so can you disable them and see if it works then please. Clear your browser cache and cookies, do you see the issue then? Use an incognito/private window on the browser, do you see the issue then? Are you accessing the interface by routerlogin.net or the IP address? If the former do you see the issue on the latter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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