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Nighthawk R7000 Slow WiFi speed
After the latest FW update (V1.0.9.34_10.2.36) my wifi starts jumping upp and down . I'v got 2 of R7000 and one is acting as AP.
I uppgraded FW then factory reset still same issue on both R7000 . T...
Hello ezone
I have escalated this issue to our engineers and our support team would like to work with you. I have sent you a PM.
DarrenM
I wish changing the channels was helping me as it has helped you. I followed the same procedures as you using WiFi Analyzer. What I am seeing is that the signal strength on ALL the 2.4ghz band channels is now horrible since I updated the firmware and the signal strength often fluctuates way too much. The 5ghz band channels have much better signal strength but still fluctuate quite a bit more than they used to. It seems to me that this is why my internet speeds are now horrible on the 2.4ghz and fluctuate wildly and less wildly on the 5ghz band.
Anyone else seeing the same issues?
Mine does the same. After the last firmware the WiFi and the Ethernet is just dogged down. I reset my router and still terrible speeds. I continue on testing my speed throughout the day and it is like a rollercoaster. I connect my Xbox One directly to my modem and I’m at 140 Mbps constantly. I then plug it into my Nighthawk and it goes from 80 to 9 constantly. So what do I do now? Every time I want to play Xbox I direct connect it to my modem. So I have a NightHawk that is collecting dust while I wait for a fix. If it takes a month, I am going to buy a non Netgear router.
UPDATE: I factory reset it, and reconfigured it with my old settings for wifi... got my speeds back.
DASBUSEN wrote:
UPDATE: I factory reset it, and reconfigured it with my old settings for wifi... got my speeds back.
Good work! 1.0.9.34 is getting a bad rap. While not perfect, its certainly one of the best builds in 1.0.9.x. branch.
I hate having to reset too, but found it neccessary with this update. I came from 1.0.7.6 which I had been running for 15 months (or more).
I don't enable automatic updates or use the GUI to check and update. The best and safest way is to download the FW and undate from a PC connected via ethernet. My first Netgear product was a WGR614v1 (2001 or 2002) . I've been updating using this method for many years successfully.
I hope others here can get this figured out.
