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IS YOUR ROUTER MAC ID BOUND TO YOUR INTERNET PROVIDER?
I bought my R8000 on October 23, 2014. I've owned MANY NETGEAR ROUTERS and had a cable modem here in Anchorage, Alaska for as long as I can remember. For quite some time now I've had the strangest ...
I figured out the problem early this morning after hundreds of hours work, THE R8000 IS DEFECTIVE. How do I know this: The WPS Quit Working Long Ago, Wireless Connectivity Was Spotty At Best And Seemed To Change With Every Boot Up, MAC ID Problems NOBODY Seems Willing To Explain To Me, I HOOKED UP MY OLD NETGEAR 900 AND IT WORKED PERFECTLY!! TO BAD MY WARRANTY EXPIRED ON OCTOBER 23RD, 2015
You don't need WPS.
So many problems are resolved with a simple reset to factory default. Very seldom, do I not, reset a router to factory default after a firmware upgrade.
If I didn't, and issues crop up, (WAN drops, poor performance, wonky wireless, router reboots etc) that's my start point, in the remedy. That way you are starting with a clean slate, and, also ensuring the new firmware is getting loaded correctly.