i got it solved by basically doing a factory restore and then re setting my needed settings, and now all is well. im not sure what was broken on it before, but it is working now.
ive used this router in the past with my xbox one, and now when i go to use my xbox all of a sudden it no longer is able to sign in. it seems like it is not able to reach the sign in servers. i have had a port forward for incoming port 80 traffic because i am hosting a website, where before when...
trying to enable ip per device monitoring to keep track of what devices are using what data, and when enabled it seems to be blocking my banking website and not allowing it to load. but its weird because i can get to the main website page, but as soon as i go to log in, the subdomain that it...
okay, reporting back. I think my original problem with why the hack was persistent was because I never actually completed a full nvram reset like i thought I did. This time i kept the button held down until the power light started rapidly flashing. I then followed the guide found under that...
those are good points, however, i have failed to mention that i have taken steps to make sure it was the router and not issues with a device on the network. the outgoing connection that was blocked by malwarebytes happened on multiple computers, and i tested with a different router in place to...
as the title says, my rt-ac5300 got hacked and no amount of firmware updates, factory restores or nvram clearing will get rid of the hack.
the behavior it is exhibiting that makes me think it is hacked is it is accessing several suspicious websites while no one is accessing anything, as well as...