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Fbrunet
Aspirant
Mar 27, 2017
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Nighthawk R7000 loses wireless internet connection as soon as I connet cable to LAN Ethernet Ports

My router has been working fine so far. Recently I lost internet acces without me doing anything to the network.   I then upgraded firmwares on both my netgear router and my ASUS extender. Wireless...
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  • JamesGL's avatar
    JamesGL
    Apr 07, 2017

    Hi Fbrunet,

     

    1. You can set security but it only uses WEP.

    2. Try to update the firmware of the router and factory reset it.

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JamesGL
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Apr 07, 2017

Hi Fbrunet,

 

1. You can set security but it only uses WEP.

2. Try to update the firmware of the router and factory reset it.

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JamesGL
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Apr 13, 2017

Hi Fbrunet,

 

Any update on your issue?