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lisabeth
Dec 29, 2016Follower
R6400 WiFi not working
I purchased this Motorola Router on 11/24/16. No longer connecting to the WiFi. It's been a nightmare! First my ISP said it was the modem. Replaced that, still no WiFi. Then they said it was the...
- Jan 05, 2017
Hi Scolb64,
1. Please make sure you are able to go online when connected straight to the modem.
2. Please make sure you have gone through the setup procedure after resetting the router to the factory defaults.
3. Make sure that the 2.4GHz and 5GHz LED's are lit on the router. If not, press the WiFi on/off button on the router for 2 seconds.
4. Make sure that your devices are able to detect and connect to the router's wireless network
Regards,
Dexter
Community Team
Scolb64
Jan 03, 2017Aspirant
Dear Netgear, I've just updated the firmware for my netgear 6400 router and the wifi has all but shut down. The internet won't even load at this time. Please help. I restored the router to factory settings and it appears to still show the updated firmware number. Steve
DexterJB
Jan 05, 2017NETGEAR Moderator
Hi Scolb64,
1. Please make sure you are able to go online when connected straight to the modem.
2. Please make sure you have gone through the setup procedure after resetting the router to the factory defaults.
3. Make sure that the 2.4GHz and 5GHz LED's are lit on the router. If not, press the WiFi on/off button on the router for 2 seconds.
4. Make sure that your devices are able to detect and connect to the router's wireless network
Regards,
Dexter
Community Team