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Napoleond
Oct 08, 2020Initiate
Nighthawk Mesh Wifi 6 Router MR60 Dropping Satellite Connections
I bought an MR60 system from Costco last June. It was worked fine up until the last couple of weeks. Recently its begun dropping connections to the Satellites. There is no way that I can find to...
- Feb 10, 2022
Just purchased this about a week ago. For the first couple of days, was having the same issue as everyone else here, but since assigning the satellites static IPs, it has been rock solid. The other thing I did (as a result of having issues with my Sonos) was changed the wireless channels for both 5gHz and 2.4gHz, based on what the Wifi analytics (in the app) told me were the best channels to use. I doubt changing the channels did anything, but assigning the static IPs sure seemed to help (as suggested by another user). Just wanted to post this, to confirm what others had suggested.
Christian_R
Oct 13, 2020NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi Napoleond,
Welcome to the community! What firmware version is your Nighthawk mesh system currently on? You may check to see if there is a firmware update available for your system.
Christian
notgear1
Mar 15, 2021Aspirant
I have satelite connection drop problem too. router and satelite firmware level upated to latest on the download, satelite connection drops still......