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chlln
Jan 06, 2019Tutor
Netgear R7800 Dropping connection every few minutes
Starting several days ago my nighthawk r7800 has been dropping all connections on both the 2.4ghz and 5ghz bands varying in intermittence from 1-15 minutes, and occuring on all devices, even after a ...
- Jan 06, 2019
It's the firmware. Netgears last 2 releases .58 and.60 have connection issues and latency problems. This has been talked about on verious forums. The solution right now is to roll back to version .52 or use Voxel's firmware .62. untill NG releaes a fix.
James721
Jan 06, 2019Luminary
It's the firmware. Netgears last 2 releases .58 and.60 have connection issues and latency problems. This has been talked about on verious forums. The solution right now is to roll back to version .52 or use Voxel's firmware .62. untill NG releaes a fix.
barryton
Jan 11, 2019Aspirant
Thank you both so much; I have the exact same issue, been researching and troubleshooting for months.
Here's a candid question though: isn't there a security risk associated with using an older firmware?
- James721Jan 11, 2019Luminary
Unfortunately yes.
- bmurmistroJan 22, 2019Initiate
Looks like V1.0.2.62 is out. I just tried it (was on .52 previously for the reasons above). This new version seems just as bad if not worse. I even did a factory reset. Has anyone else tried V1.0.2.62?
- RMinNJJan 22, 2019Luminary
bmurmistro,
Myself and others have been running 1.0.2.62 without this packet loss for some time.
Are you saying you get packet loss with this version also but not .52 ?