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Smegtrek
Sep 26, 2019Aspirant
I bought a R7000 with non-removable antennas?!?
OK, I bought a used R7000 from eBay and not getting the coverage I was hoping for so, I was thinking of purchasing some larger antennas for it, but when I looked at the back of router I was shocked t...
- Oct 15, 2019
See the following website
https://fccid.io/PY318300420/Internal-Photos/Internal-photos-4107460
The latest version of the R7000 has non-removeable antennas. I would guess this is the cut production cost. Wish I would have known this before I purchased.
michaelkenward
Oct 01, 2019Guru - Experienced User
Smegtrek wrote:
...when I looked at the back of router I was shocked to find the antennas on my R7000 are not removable?!? Am I crazy, or does a model with unremovable antennas exist? Did I get a fake?
Possibly. Or maybe a customised version fo an ISP.
The manual includes instructions on how to attach the antennas.
There is support material for the R7000, including a manual, at the end of this link:
>>>> R7000 | Product | Support | NETGEAR <<<<
Should be reversible.