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Nighthawk R8000P firmare update in AP mode
Greetings- I got an email from Netgear that my router has a firmware update available. I have two model R8000P but the second one is slightly newer and is in AP mode. I logged into it and can see th...
Honestly at this point I’m going to buy a new one and return the old one as the new one. If they can’t support a faulty firmware they broke I don’t mind being a little shady to get what I paid for. A working router.
This is known in my family as the only way to exchange things!
I have two of these routers: one as the primary and the second one that is set in Access Point mode. The original second router may have had the same issue that you are/were having that it just would not update the firmware. I was lucky to start contacting Netgear before the warranty ran out, so after a lot of jumping through hoops they finally sent me a replacement router that worked. My feedback was that I hoped they would consider providing between 3-5 years of email support included with every unit as I felt this would get more folks buying their equipment. I am using the Armor security subscription and love that it helps keep my home network safe, especially over the last year working from home during Covid!
I hope you can get you router running again soon!