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jfrancoisricard
Tutor
Apr 30, 2023

A7000 with the wrong region

Hi!   I purchased a netgear a7000 from best buy canada (I am from canada). In the netgear genie program, I see the region as EUROPE.   This is causing me a lot of issues. I cannot see my 5ghz wif...
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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
May 01, 2023

michaelkenward does it show in the device manager under network adapters?

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michaelkenward
Guru - Experienced User
May 01, 2023
plemans wrote:

michaelkenward does it show in the device manager under network adapters?

Good call. It is there, but no region settings.

 

Maybe it is buried on one of the other settings.

 

I also looked in Windows networking.

 

I still think it worth looking in the router (source) end. That is where I set my 5 GHz channel.