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My EX8000 just has solid 2.4 light and won't reset. seems dead.
My Nighthawk X6S AC3000 EX8000 all of a sudden went dead and just shows the 2.4Ghz light. Rebooting it does nothing - same light only lit. Holding in reset button flashes the power light red but do...
I have the same problem, did you find a solution for it?
I hate to say it, but I don't remember exactly what resolved the issue. I got so frustrated with the situation that I just googled what is the BEST cable modem, what is the BEST wifi router, and then I bought those for like $400 each. Then I did complete resets with the little reset button on all of my EX8000s and reprogrammed them all one by one. Everything is working well now. I don't know which of these things fixed it, but I suspect that the fact that I had a 4 or 5 year old cable modem and a 3 or 4 year old router were the problem. Now i have the best of the best and life is good. I'm now running 5 of these EX8000s blasting into the atmosphere and I have wifi everywhere.
- Having the same problem. But mine is also making a cyclic ticking noise like a hard disk trying to seek.
For how much this thing cost it was a huge scam and someone should have started a class action lawsuits by now. The millions of dollars netgear made off this and provided zero updates or customer support beyond recommending factory reboots. What a huge and utter public scam of the tech community.
This unit should have been the best extender on the market but it's been nothing but a huge pain since day one. The app can't be used. The firmware should not be attempted to upgrade. Don't ever turn it off cause it might never work again.Same problem. Just the 2.4 light on and unit seems to be dead. Less than two years old. It's never really worked well. Not buying Netgear again.
- Updating again today. Noticed my wifi has no service in my bedroom. Went to check this POS brick and all the lights are flashing white. Rebooting does nothing. What kind of terrible piece of garbage gets bricked if unplugged or power outage or just simply whenever it decides to? I'm throwing this garbage in the trash after I get a smashing video to upload here. F*&$# Netgear. I'm switching to synology.
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Updating again today. Noticed my wifi has no service in my bedroom. Went to check this POS brick and all the lights are flashing white. Rebooting does nothing. What kind of terrible piece of garbage gets bricked if unplugged or power outage or just simply whenever it decides to? I'm throwing this garbage in the trash after I get a smashing video to upload here. F*&$# Netgear. I'm switching to synology.Ok, well after you switch, please do me a favor and let us know if you have any better results. I don't know what to think - if the fault is with Netgear or if these things are just all flaky and undependable.