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Netgear Nighthawk D8500 - Bricked / Boot cycle failure
Hi,
I purchased a Netgear D8500 approx 1 week back, originally had issues with the 2.4GHz wifi signal dropping out and had that resolved with a Firmware update, factory reset, then setting wifi...
Returned the NetGear D8500 back to the store and they replaced it with the D-Link AC5300 COBRA... which worked instantly, setup in 2 minutes and zero issues so far.
Disappointed with the D8500, compared to previous NetGear products. Suggest others to avoid this one, perhaps the NetGear Orbi (wifi mesh) would of been another high-end gaming / 4k streaming option, but they didn't have that in the store at the time for me.
JamezyMB wrote:
Hi,
I purchased a Netgear D8500 approx 1 week back, originally had issues with the 2.4GHz wifi signal dropping out and had that resolved with a Firmware update, factory reset, then setting wifi channel manually (rather than using it's auto - which was picking channel 3 for some reason).
Sounds like a candidate for "return and replace".
Returned the NetGear D8500 back to the store and they replaced it with the D-Link AC5300 COBRA... which worked instantly, setup in 2 minutes and zero issues so far.
Disappointed with the D8500, compared to previous NetGear products. Suggest others to avoid this one, perhaps the NetGear Orbi (wifi mesh) would of been another high-end gaming / 4k streaming option, but they didn't have that in the store at the time for me.