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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.
My fix I implemented has been solid for over a week, and I was dropping many times a day initially-
No factory resets, no downgrading firmware, just some looking into the settings.
Here is what I did-
Don't enable Smart Connect
Disable the SSID Broadcast of the 2.4 band. (currently testing to see if this is necessary)
Disable the 20/40 MHz Coexistence
Set channel manually (I picked 5, but currently testing to see if this is necessary)
I also have a 2.4 Guest SSID, it was dropping along with the 2.4 band originally, I didn't make any changes on that, and it has not experienced any drops since making the above changes to my main 2.4 SSID.
See if this works for you folks, if it does, here is a link to my GoFundMe.
https://www.gofundme.com/ford-mustang-gt-netgear
Maybe if this fixes the issue for more than just myself, Netgear can just make a full $ amount donation for all the time/effort/lost customers I would have just saved them.