NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Solved
Netgear WAC120 Wireless slow
we purchased a wac120 over a year ago and its been a frustrating experience. i've had nothing but issues with the wifi.. it used to be that it'd start out up around 70-80Mbps which was obviously grea...
Hi all
We have patch image ready for this wilreless slow on 5 Ghz radio. Please reach https://www.netgear.com/support/contact.aspx to get the patch image
Thanks
Raghu
Hi,
I was wondering if there is any progress on this matter?
Or should I just bin my wac120's and buy something else?
Getting a bit tired of finding lots of posts/forums with the same problems but no solutions whatsoever..
Sascha
i've been on vacation for nearly a month so have nothing new to report. upon returning a week ago, my replacement unit is currnetly working fine. I'm waiting for it to go south again. netgear support has asked me to repeat the ping tests and send them the results but i need to wait for it to fail to do so. in the meantime it's behaving..
Hi Sascha,
Don't bin them. I heard netgear team is working on this seriously. We will get an update soon. Meanwhile just add a script reboot the AP at midnight automatically. I can send the script to you if you need.
Just joined the forum to chip in and say I have exactly the same issue. WAC120 on fw 2.07 and experience extreme slowdown on a number of devices over the course of a few days. Rebooting sorts it for another few days. Extremely frustrating and I'm considering buying something else...
A reboot script would be handy.
Hi,
I shall come with a script that will do something better than a total reboot at midnight. Busy right now. Will come up with something by mid next week. This should work until netgear comes up with a serious fix.
I will publish it once I get it tested.
NETGEAR Academy
Boost your skills with the Netgear Academy - Get trained, certified and stay ahead with the latest Netgear technology!
Join Us!
