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R6700V3 with firmware V1.0.4.128 WiFi issues
Recently updated to V1.0.4.128 and have had issues with connections lost to the 2.4Ghz WiFi and also the 2.4Ghz WiFi slowing to a crawl. Reboot fixed it each time, but very annoying. Wired connection and 5Ghz WiFi were fine. May need to go back to older firmware, but would love to see a fix. One of the best features of this router was its reliability until this new firmware release.
Problem has been resolved by disabling WMM (Wi-Fi multimedia) for 2.4GHz b/g/n. This has the downside that some wireless clients, especially Intel chip based, will slow the connection to 54Mbps. Luckily, my 5Ghz Wi-Fi didn't have an issue, so WMM for 5GHz was left enabled.
I've seen other posts about Netgear's WMM feature causing serious issues, but it didn't cause problems for me until the resent firmware update. If anyone from Netgear looks at these messages, I hope WMM gets fixed.
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Before downgrading, try a factory reset. Sometimes old settings can cause issues and doing a reset and reinstalling without using a backup can help.
Thanks for the suggestion, but this seems to be a very unlikely solution. Hard to imagine how an old setting would cause WiFi issues 2 weeks after a reboot, and if an old setting could do this type of damage, they have some serious firmware issues.
Ok. Don't try the reset.
