1. See if the unit has newer firmware.
2. I can't offer much because the N600 is a series not a model. This means I can't google about this issue and what model so I'm left with item 1 and of course, testing with another router and if there's a modem, another modem.
I've got a three year old (about) TPLink N600. We've been having issues with intermittant drop out of the internet for several months (or longer) and I'm just trying to get it fixed! Have done a bunch of tweaks to settings in the past without result.
Finally got our ISP to check the line and send a technician who cleaned some lines and optimised performance - yay double the speed (vdsl) when its working. He said that if it continues to be an issue he doesn't consider it likely to be a line issue from his view. No neighbours have the same issue.
But, it still drops out! I think it's my modem. When it drops or if we turn off/on again it takes thirty minutes to bring the internet back up.
Before I got to the expense of getting a new modem/router - does this sound likely to any guru's out there?
Thanks in advance!

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