Problems with my Huawei HG659

[jpgibard]

I've had the HG659 since we cut-over to HFC NBN over a year ago. 

I've noticed that its performance has deteriorated in recent weeks.  Notably the issues I'm seeing are:

• Very slow response to actions in the Management Console - pages very slow to load up and the status of settings are very slow to be shown and changed.
• Wifi connections to some devices  - some devices report "Authentication Problems".
• Port forwarding stops working  - Plex Media servers lose their remote access capability
• unreliable Ethernet connectivity - e.g.
  * my NVidia Shield loses connection to my HDHomerun TV tuner,
  * Plex Clients are unable to connect to Plex Media servers,
  * connections to my local NAS unreliable.
• Occasional dropouts during voice calls on the Landline VOIP service

I'm running with 

Hardware version:	VER.B
Software version:	V100R001C216B112

As I said, I've noticed these issue over the last few weeks.  I had been fault-finding each problem individually until I realised that the Router is common to all of them, and that a re-boot fixes things for a while (a couple of days before things start getting flakey again). 

Is there a Firmware update that might fix these issues? 

My daughter has recently signed up to TPG (following my advice) and she was sent a TP-Link C1200 router which appears to perform very well.  As a long-term loyal TPG customer, could I get a C1200 sent out to replace the HG659?  

I would like to get these issues resolved soon, I'm hoping that there is a quick solution to this issue.

[SteveK · Accepted solution]

Try doing a full modem 'reset' back to default settings.

That usually fixes a sluggish and laggy modem.

[jpgibard]

HI SteveK - thanks for the reply - I guess this means losing all the settings, yes?

[SteveK]

Unfortunetly yes.

But I have found over the years, when those symptoms occur that you described, a full modem reset changed it back to how it was when new out of the box.

[jpgibard]

Will I lose the VOIP settings? - They are set by TPG and I can't access them

[Riezl]

Hi @jpgibard, the modems that we provide are pre-configured, which means that if you reset the modem to default, it will reconnect to our server and download all necessary configurations need for your internet and VoIP service to work.

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