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1961theo
Feb 16, 2019Star
NETGEAR Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream AX6000 WiFi
why is it when i set my router in the Wifi Smart connect modus the signal is terrible ?
I bought this router in the hope that i had a good choise, but i wonder???
the internet is also spontan...
- Feb 20, 2019I use a MacBookPro , a Synology NAS 918+ Epson ET 2650 , Siemens oven😉, Samsung tv. IPhone, Ipad
Must say most of the times it works splendid. But combined with VPN in the Netgear Nighthawk AX 8 Router RAX80 it would be 👍🏼
captainjack58
Mar 13, 2019Star
I am having the same problem! The speeds are not good all of a sudden? Its like it dropped way off! Kicks the internet off then back on? I turned off Smart Connect and Have the AX turned off going to try to turn both off. I think it needs a router firmware update. I was hoping this was going to be a really fast router. I hate to say it my linksys WRT1900AC makes this one look slow! I sure hope they can prove me wrong. Maybe I made a mistake buying this one. Netgear please figure out what is going on and please keep the updates on performance coming! :robotsad:
Christian_R
Mar 13, 2019NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi captainjack58,
We'd like to hear an update on the status of your issue when disabling smart connect and AX.
~Christian