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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...
david_wilson wrote: 1. An upgrade of the Windows 7 Atheros wireless driver has fixed my problem (but for that laptop only). The laptop no longer loses connectivity so I no longer need to reboot the Netgear WN802Tv2 access point.
Unfortunately the above quote has now proven to be incorrect!
The WN802Tv2 still drops the connection with the updated Atheros driver for Windows 7, though the connection drops are possibly less often than they were.
I've submitted a problem report to Netgear Support and they are looking to see if they can produce a firmware upgrade to the WN802Tv2 to avoid this problem. I'll put a final post here when Netgear Support conclude the problem report.