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NightHawk R7000 Dual-Band | WiFi "Off"
My R7000 randomly has Wireless turned off and I cannot get it to turn back on.
NetGears support is terrible just for a start, I don't know who thought it was a good idea to put Tier 1 support behind a paywall or 90 days but that is ridiculous and a first..
Anyways, just barely past my warranty my R700 has it's Wi-Fi set to "Off", Factory Reset, Router mode, AP mode (Receiving DHCP from OPNSense), physical button and LEDs indicate Wireless is on (Turned off/on), changed SSID/Passwords, turned Wi-Fi off in Wireless settings and turned back on, everything indicates the Wireless is on except the Dashboard that just says "Off" and that's it.
I also cannot turn off WPS on this device..
Any ideas would be much appreciated before I toss this thing in the trash and buy a Ubiquiti AP..
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It appears this is a super common issue with their Firmware and has been around for years, its good no eyes get put on the issue since they dont have a T1 support without paying for it, almost seems intentional just barely past my Warranty.
I get "Buy our Subscription to fix your device from this common issue" vibesFactory reset again per support, left the Wi-Fi default and still says off, then I was pushed to purchase their support. 😞