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gliu's avatar
gliu
Guide
Oct 03, 2018

EX7000 Wifi Range Extender Dropping out after upgrade latest Firmware

Hello   Range extender recently upgraded to latest release version EX7000-V1.0.1.78_1.0.140. Now the extender keeps on dropping off usually for around few seconds. The signal received from Linksy...
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VS228's avatar
VS228
Tutor
Jul 06, 2020

Installed the new Firmware Version 1.0.1.86 - Hot Fix this morning and it's working beautifully so far. Will keep everyone posted if any problems are encountered.

 

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sloanish's avatar
sloanish
Aspirant
Jul 06, 2020

What is your setup?

I tried it wirelessly with just 2G extended and still had drop and slow issues.

 

  • VS228's avatar
    VS228
    Tutor
    Jul 07, 2020

    I think the trick is to avoid using the One WiFi mesh feature.

     

    I have a 2.4GHz and a 5GHz network (with 2 different names) on the main router. The Netgear extends both keeping the same names and passwords for both networks. 

    • RJ_NZ's avatar
      RJ_NZ
      Tutor
      Dec 28, 2020

      So I had an email from Netgear to upgrade the software on my Wi-fi range extender which I did and it immediately went into intermittent faliures. I'm not going through that pain again. Reverted back to EX7000-V1.0.0.66_1.0.126 and it's running fine again. I really wish they would sort the issues out as I want to apply the security patches.

      FYI setup is Apple Airport running one SSID on 2.4 & 5G, EX7000 extending to two different SSID's (one on 2.4 and one on 5G - both different to the Apple SSID). This works well on the above firmware but fails miserably on all upgrades that I have tried since.