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hnlsfo
Aspirant
Jan 01, 2026

RAXE300 region locked to Canada

I have exactly the same issue: Amazon purchase, I'm in the US and region is locked to Canada with up-to-date firmware. I have spoken to Netgear Help but have not received any suggestions other than "...
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hnlsfo
Aspirant
Jan 01, 2026

Hello

yes tried that suggestion. The regions field remains locked unfortunately. 

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coolwifi
Luminary
Jan 02, 2026

Did you try factory resetting the router before? If the region is still locked to Canada region, then you might have to return the router.