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No more 2.4 Wifi on R7000 Nighthawk after V1.0.9.14_1.2.25 update
Hi, Never had an issue before with the R7000, but after the V1.0.9.14_1.2.25 update I have no wireless 2.4Ghz devices connected to the router. 5Ghz works fine, but most of my devices do not suppo...
rudiklein wrote:
But honestly, a factory reset sounds like an advice from Microsoft on Windows.
Yes, it does, but it's well documented on this forum that certain firmware updates are incompatible with the settings from previous versions. Chalk it up to Netgear's unwillingness to fix their configuration subsystem to be backwards and forwards compatible.
I can also confirm this does not fix the issue*. Flashed this late last night, worked fine this morning but 5GHz was not working by the time I got back from work until I rebooted the router.
*Technically 2.4ghz hasn't dropped for me yet, so it's possible issues with the 2.4ghz band have been fixed.
Edit: 2.4GHz just dropped not two hours after reboot to fix 5GHz