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Eleebob7
Aspirant
Nov 26, 2017
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Nighthawk R6900P drops 2.4 GHz after minutes. 5GHz is stable.

I have been running this for about 5 months. The router has been stable the whole time until last week. The 2.4 GHz network stays up for about a half hour, then dies. The devices can see it, but th...
R6900P
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  • JamesGL's avatar
    JamesGL
    Nov 30, 2017

    Hi Eleebob7,

     

    Use channels 1,6 or 11.

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Eleebob7
Aspirant
Nov 30, 2017

Thanks JamesGL.  I'll try it when I get home. Are the other channels known to be finicky?  Wifi Analyzer shows that 1 and 6 are pretty heavily occupied in my area.  I'm almost certain the issue I'm seeing is not a channel congestion issue.

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JamesGL
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Dec 12, 2017

Hi Eleebob7,

 

Any feedback on this issue? Did changing the channel work?

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    Eleebob7
    Aspirant
    Dec 12, 2017

    Thanks for the follow up.  Seems to be solid but my wife's phone is still having issues every once in a while.  I think it's okay so far.