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Nighthawk M1 - wifi keeps dropping out
I have had my Nighthawk M1 for a year and the performance has never been great, but I have persevered. The kids constantly complain about the wifi, but recently it has got a lot worse. I wonder if th...
Thank you for the suggestion. I do have a Devolo "Magic" wifi mesh which I had been using. I turn the wifi off at the Nighthawk router and go through the Devolo's but it still keeps dropping out.
Is the Devolo hardwired into the M1 or wireless? If its wireless, hardwire it in.
Yes there is a CAT5 cable going from the Nighthawk to the devolo
and is the Devolo running in access point mode?
I am not sure if you are you familiar with the Devolo products? But it doesn't have 'modes', it is simply a set of wifi repeater plugs you plug in round the house to create a web. They have worked for us very well in the past.
The Devolo is a red herring though. The issues I have with the Netgear occur even when I remove the Devolo sockets. Even when I am using the Netgear's own wifi it is unreliable and drops out. This morning, as per usuual, I woke up to no wifi. The red light was on and the router was unresponsive when I pressed the button on the front. The only way I could get it to work was to remove the power and battery and then restart it. As usual I then had to set up the router as if from scratch, selecting language, the admin password and selecting the carrier (EE in my case). Then it started working again. However I know it will happen again maybe in a few days. Furthermore, the wifi is still unreliable and drops out throughout the day (even without the Devol.o's attached).