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jbdonohue
Nov 14, 2020Follower
Nighthawk Router now having intermittent signal issues after installing Nighthawk x6 Mesh Extender
Hello Fellow Members of this Community, Here's the story: Equipment... Netgear Cable Modem CM500 Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 Smart WiFi Router Model R7000 Netgear Nighthawk X6 Tri-Band WiFi M...
plemans
Nov 14, 2020Guru - Experienced User
What firmware is on the r7000?
What extender do you have (model number)?
What firmware is on the extender?
The R7000 isn't known for the greatest firmware. The agreed upon stable version is 1.0.9.42.
If you change firmware, I'd recommend doing it over a hardwired connection, factory resetting afterwards, and then doing a clean install (not from backup).