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R7000 Drops wifi for all devices only when certain devices connect
Hello, I have owed a nighthawk R7000 for many years and it has always performed very well. Recently, the Wifi becomes unavailable and I have to reset the router. This occurs *only* if my FireTV stic...
Just a quick update. This issue seems to be related to playing a video, on any device. For example, my laptop will access the internet for hours with no problem. As soon as I try to play a video the wifi drops for all devices. The only way to bring the wifi back up is to reboot the router.
I'm unable to flash the router using the regular method on the admin page, or the tftp method. I posted this as a seperate issue: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/Unable-to-flash-R7000-router-using-tftp/m-p/2100886
This is a strange issue may need to contact support.
https://www.netgear.com/support/contact.aspx
DarrenM