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Very Disappointed with XR500
Purchased a XR500 a couple days ago to upgrade an older R7000, really had high hopes for the router, but to my dismay it looks like I will be returning it. Setup went smooth, it was after the set up...
What channels are you using? Tyr manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4ghz and 48 or 149 on 5ghz.
Any wifi neighbor near by?
Whats the Mfr and model# of the ISP modem your using?
I had great wifi on my XR500 when I had a demo unit. I used shipping FW at the time and the wifi was even better then my R7800.
You can try going back to initial FW and see.
I think both channels were set to auto if I remember correctly. I don't have the router hooked up, so it would be a few before I got it set back up and looked. But I will try the channels. As for the modem it is an Arris TM1602. I thought about retrograding my FW, but I kept reading people having the same problem with older versions, so I never did it.