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Firmware updated EX8000 keeps dropping Internet
Hi all,
I have read about multiple issued relating to the R8000 but I seem to be experiencing a similar issue with your EX8000 mesh range extender.I regularly experience an issue (perhaps once ...
I really do not know what to say, other than mine has long gone to the round file and is now probably in bits being sold for any scrap value!
Truly a poor piece of WiFi equipment. Netgear really did drop the ball on this one.
I REALLY wish I would have read these post BEFORE purchasing this device. I just installed it this week. Updated to latest firmware and I have the exact same issues as posted on the previous 5 pages.... This is such a frustration. Not to mention the hassle it was to install. I use access control which I had to disable until all the duplicate IP/Hostname's were created with new MAC IDs. Then my IP reservations blew up in my router because again, same IPs but new MACs, which caused IP conflicts. After I sorted that I thought I was good. Nope, now the dreaded Internet drop. Both bands, multiple devices, random times, no internet... Ugh. Sounds like I should return to Best Buy and get something else. Or has there finally been a fix?
- Take it back! It’s not worth the headache.
I purchased this product because I have a netgear router. I ended returning it and getting a linksys instead. Much better, no issues and works with my nighthawk router