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Benichismo
Aspirant
Jun 28, 2026

I am using the EX7700 as a wireless extender

I am using the EX7700 as a wireless extender and have now gone a week (it was resetting every couple days) without issue after reverting to the previous firmware version,  V1.0.0.222. I cannot say w...
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Benichismo
Aspirant
Jul 06, 2026

My post was originally a reply to another older post, so the context has been lost. Now I cannot find the original post I replied to but it was an issue similar to this, 

https://community.netgear.com/discussions/home-wifi-range-extenders/ex7700-keeps-factory-resetting-every-few-weeks-loses-all-settings-/2213323.

 

I did all the things and either there is an issue with the latest version of firmware or there was a problem that occurred while that latest version was installed. Since I reverted back to the version specified, the extender is working as it did before.