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WN802Tv2 stops talking to laptop and needs reboot
I've recently purchased a Netgear WN802Tv2 Access Point. I find that it needs to be rebooted several times a day to restore connectivity with an already connected laptop. To explain, connectivity i...
The following suggestions (from other threads) do NOT help prevent the random disconnection of Windows 7 laptops, and the subsequent need to reboot the WN802Tv2 access point:
1. Make access point hostname different to LAN workgroup name (however this did eliminate the "Duplicate Name on the Network" being reported by Windows)
2. Factory reset the WN802Tv2
3. Change channel width to "20 MHz" (fixed)
So, unfortunately ... the WN802Tv2 reboots continue daily ...
1. Make access point hostname different to LAN workgroup name (however this did eliminate the "Duplicate Name on the Network" being reported by Windows)
2. Factory reset the WN802Tv2
3. Change channel width to "20 MHz" (fixed)
So, unfortunately ... the WN802Tv2 reboots continue daily ...