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Thebennys4
Apr 23, 2021Follower
Nighthawk 5Ghz Useless (Netgear PAY ATTENTION!)
I see it over and over in here and somehow the discussions are marked "solved". No, theyre not solved. When the only solution is to reset a router to 3 or 4 year old firmware, that should not be accep...
plemans
Apr 24, 2021Guru - Experienced User
You realize this is the public support forum?
The members on here helping aren't netgear. Aren't affilated with them. And we don't have "insider" info on them.
And the "solved" are usually marked by whomever posted the "issue". They click on solved and it marks it solved.
Occassionally a moderator can mark it solved that but thats extremely rare.
there's been theories about different chips (sourced chips) used during production as to why some devices work fine on the latest firmwares and others don't. If we knew why it didn't work properly on some, I'm sure there'd be a fix.