I have major issues with my hub (router) causing issues with windows crashing on my 3 main desktop PCs. My telephone (internet phone through TEL port) has worked so little, that we dont even bother plugging it in now.
My setup is as follows
I have the hub on the ground floor of my house, it has wifi dissabled and RJ45 runs to an AP (so I get wifi 6 capabilities) and another RJ45 going to a desktop on the ground floor. RJ45 then runs from the hub to a switch on the first floor and into two desktops from that switch, aswell as another AP on that switch. All other devices are connected fairly evenly between my APs on WiFi.
on all 3 PCs at some point (including the one plugged into the vodaphone provided hub) I have had an issue where windows explorer (win 10) (the service itself) which controls the desktop just refuses to boot, it crashes, you absolutely cannot access your desktop. I spent days trying to figure out what was wrong the first time, as it turns out a hub restart fixes this issue, until the next time it decides it doesnt want to work. As a note, when I had this issue the first time, I swapped the desktops around on their respective connections (turned them off at the wall and physically moved them) to rule out usb devices ect. The issue followed the computer not the RJ45, so presumably it follows the mac address, whether or not the mac address is what the hub bases your local IP off, I dont know. Just thought that was interesting.
If I restart the line rather than the hub it fixes file explorer but I get other network related issues and crashes in windows. Its super frustrating. I can assure you it isnt the computers. It is the hub in some form. Also whether or not its because its already up to date, firmware updates always say "failed" on the hub. Other than wifi being dissabled, all settings are default on the hub.
On the phone side of things if I plug in the phone right now (as I've just restarted the hub for the issue again!) it will work, for 2/3 days, then nothing. Obviously we wont notice when exactly the phone goes down as it just stops ringing and people who ring us will get voicemail, but the point is, it just stops working at some point in the few days after a hub restart.
The exact setup worked fine with the last hub I used (TP link archer on plusnet), all thats happened is I have litterally swapped out that hub, all I can think is the vodaphone hub just cant handle the amount of devices I have on (its nothing crazy just phones, desktops and TVs ect), but then my network activity isnt that high only once every week or so I utalise the full 200Mbps on the line and a couple of times a week do large network file transfers between the PCs but these dont seem to be related into when it fails.
Thats all the info I have, if anyone has any ideas please let me know. Im not bothered about buying a new hub, if someone knows a good quality one which allows for higher customisability and has the TEL port on the back that would be great. I would set the TP link archer back up but it doesnt allow for the Voip phones. If anyone knows a workaround for that too that would be a route I would take.
