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blackshirt40
Guide
Dec 17, 2019

Xr500 5g band completely disappears

Is there a newer beta firmware I can try? Ever since the last stable firmware was pushed out I have had really inconsistent wifi issues with the bands dropping randomly or just really poor performance...
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Netduma-Fraser
NetDuma Partner
Dec 17, 2019
There isn't unfortunately. Are you using Smart Connect? If you disable this does it work any better when manually connecting to 5GHz?
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    blackshirt40
    Guide
    Dec 17, 2019
    already tried that doesnt seem to help
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      Netduma-Fraser
      NetDuma Partner
      Dec 18, 2019
      Have you changed anything in Advanced WiFi Settings at all? Could you try making a guest WiFi network and see if that performs any better please?