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Thebennys4
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Apr 23, 2021

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...
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shadowsports
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Apr 24, 2021
Thebennys4 wrote:
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 acceptable on any level. Shame on you Netgear! How about we get a Netgear nerd on here to tell us what's really going on with the 5Ghz being absolutely useless on these routers? Anyone?

 

I have a couple dual and tri-band Netgear routers and the 5G works great.  I am not using 3 ~ 4 yr old FW.  

 

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