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April1's avatar
April1
Guide
Dec 24, 2019

WiFi 5G dropping on RAX80

I got a new AX8 router, updated FW to the latest, rest to factory status, QOS disabled, AX enabled, set 5G channel to 161 and also tried 36, noticed two issues: 1. Fan is noisy 2. 5G radio drops aft...
Fcooper's avatar
Fcooper
Aspirant
Sep 22, 2020
Having the same 5GHZ drop problem. Will NETGEAR deal with it? Router to expensive for these type of problems to continue to exist.🤬
  • brucescar's avatar
    brucescar
    Aspirant
    Dec 02, 2020

    Same issue on RAX48, doesn't look like there's any solution. I should just return this.

    • Ferjy_Fangle's avatar
      Ferjy_Fangle
      Aspirant
      Mar 22, 2021

      Having the same problem with my RAX45.

      • GabboCH's avatar
        GabboCH
        Apprentice
        Mar 22, 2021
        Just take it back and buy something else.
        Ive been waiting 18 months for a fix but not even 1 attempt to fix it from Netgear.