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r6080 ac1000 wireless devices don't work after being disconnected
first off my inernet is slow at 5mbps a good chunk of me assumes this router will not function properly with my slowness. anyways let's get to what is wrong. first, wired connections seem fine and i ...
last update. i have found out that even the wired connections aren't safe and that what it seems to be doing is blocking all connections beyond the first so i can get it to do stuff if i disonnect one pc and then try to use another. since it seems to actively block anything beyond the first device that manages to use the internet i am assuming that it is indeed some kind of 'feature' of the router which makes it garbage for anyone with internet not 50mbps.
so my solution is simple, i will be returning the item, leaving my first and likely only review to vent, and never buying netgear again. i don't think my negative review or me avoiding netgear will do much of anything but maybe someone will see this or my review and not be put through desperate hours of trying to fix something they cannot and will just return it to get a different router. thanks for your attempt to help though.
for reference i found that i could download old firmware for my router here and rolled it back to what it came as and still doesn't work. though now if i try to connect to the 5g one it says authentication error though the normal one still says ap unvailable or just keeps disconencting and trying again and again.
last update. i have found out that even the wired connections aren't safe and that what it seems to be doing is blocking all connections beyond the first so i can get it to do stuff if i disonnect one pc and then try to use another. since it seems to actively block anything beyond the first device that manages to use the internet i am assuming that it is indeed some kind of 'feature' of the router which makes it garbage for anyone with internet not 50mbps.
so my solution is simple, i will be returning the item, leaving my first and likely only review to vent, and never buying netgear again. i don't think my negative review or me avoiding netgear will do much of anything but maybe someone will see this or my review and not be put through desperate hours of trying to fix something they cannot and will just return it to get a different router. thanks for your attempt to help though.