Nighthawk X6 R8000 Dropping 5G-1 at random.

I have the both the R8000 which worked for a year, then it started to have wifi and internet drop issues. So bad it was unusable. It would ONLY start working again after a reboot. I tried everyting to fix and of course Netgear was no help. So I bought a new R8000P in July 2021. Same issues. About every 6 hours it will drop out completely. Dead, until a reboot. Still Netgear was zero help and can really careless.

R800P

At first, I was NOT using smart connect, so I tried it. No help.

Next I reconfigured the settings to the bare minimum. No help.

Lastly, I flashed back to a few older versions of firmware (1.2.1.6 and 1.4.1.24) niether worked. My 8000P is now stuck in the older firmware and I can't install any firmware on it any longer. It works, but it drops the connections about every 6 hours or so.

So I went back to my older R8000. Latest firmware installed (V1.0.4.76_10.1.82). No Smart Connect. External Drive off, all features off. Minimum Configuration. It works great for 6 hours or so and hangs. Only a reboot will fix it. Then it does it again.

So here is what I did. I connected it to a power device with a timer. Every 6 hours the power shuts off for 3 min, then back on. Once it reboots it works until the next power cycle.

Sadly I have to use a power cycle device to make my SECOND $250 Router work. 

It is unaccaptable. But Netgear can careless.

At my next upgrade point I will be dumping Netgear and switch to another companies devices. I am done with Netgear.