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julianfoster
Oct 15, 2014Aspirant
WN3000RP dropping connection
Hi, I have just purchased the WN3000RP extender. Very easy to setup and get working, however after a period of time or overnight the connection to my router appears to have been lost. The devices (...
venturis
Jan 28, 2015Aspirant
I'm happy to report I don't have issues with my WN3000RP any more as I no longer own a Netgear R7000 router.
I was having so many issues with the router, the WN3000RP being one of them, that I finally gave up and returned the unit to the retailer after spending hours with tech support trying to resolve the problems.
I now have an ASUS router and the WN3000RP works flawlessly once again as it did with my Dlink DIR645.
I tried to explain to Netgear support that the problems started with the R7000 and it took some convincing to get them to agree but they couldn't offer any solutions.
From my experience, anyone having issues with dropped connections should consider trying another router.
I was having so many issues with the router, the WN3000RP being one of them, that I finally gave up and returned the unit to the retailer after spending hours with tech support trying to resolve the problems.
I now have an ASUS router and the WN3000RP works flawlessly once again as it did with my Dlink DIR645.
I tried to explain to Netgear support that the problems started with the R7000 and it took some convincing to get them to agree but they couldn't offer any solutions.
From my experience, anyone having issues with dropped connections should consider trying another router.