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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.
Hope to save others pain .... try powering off any wireless equipment in area.
My R7000 installed a couple days ago had very regular dropout of 5.8Ghz channels (was stable on the 2.4GHz channels). Lots of trial and error scanning for free channel #s, lowering bandwidth modes, about to upgrade firmware to DD-WRT, etc. Before you do any of that ... try turning off anything that may cause interference (cordless phones, baby monitors, etc) and try moving router location. We had a panasonic cordless phone system on other side of a wall transmitting on 5.8GHz (5.759-5.838) which regularly stomps on Wifi Channels 149-161 and caused R7000 to shutdown/reboot 802.11ac network. See details here:
http://bradsfavorite.com/avoid-interference-5-ghz-wifi-5-8-ghz-cordless-phones/
I suggest monitoring rate of dropouts using a wifi analyzer (free smartphone app) or Mac OSX Wireless Diagnostics Tool . Then unplug ALL questionable equipment anywhere in the region you want to run Wifi and see if it fixes any dropouts. Our has now been stable for hours, plug in again and immediate dropouts. I moved my phone base away from router and monitor no longer shows dropouts but laptop still struggles near phone system (recognize Wifi is two-way not just interference at the router side).
I know FCC has allowed many products to use the 5.8Ghz range. This would likely impact any Wifi system trying to use these prime channels (not just R7000). My old phones must go. I'm looking at Dect 6.0 cordless phones that use 1.9GHz. Good luck.