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R7000 5ghz Disappearing
Seems to be a lot of independent questions/discussions on or this topic or similar topics... Looking for someone to give me a definitive answer, so here's the question: - My R7000 periodically and ...
I've been running Firmware Version V1.0.6.28_1.1.83 for a few months now without any 5GHz dropping. The big tip that helped me, was after doing the firmware update, I did a factory reset to reset all of the settings to default, and it also forces the router to get new internal drivers for itself. Before I did this, I was always losing my 5GHz.
I am remote enough (closest neighbors are about 1/4mi away) that there is no congestion on the channels, it just seemed suspicious that the recovery time after changing the channel in the router setup was the same as my dropouts were, which is far shorter than a router reboot. Forcing a fixed channel would prevent the router from changing channels for any reason.
The only other devices that might cause interference are a Microwave and cordless phone.
The only other devices that might cause interference are a Microwave and cordless phone.