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timw99
Jul 28, 2024Aspirant
R7000 stuck in bootloop
Hi everyone, I wanted to setup my old Nighthawk R7000 AC1900 as an accesspoint today. It worked when I first plugged it in. Wifi light came on etc. I then gave it a quick reset (held the reset fo...
FURRYe38
Jul 28, 2024Guru - Experienced User
Time to replace this router.
timw99
Jul 28, 2024Aspirant
Hahaha yeah that's what I was afraid of. Bit sad how it went from working to bricked from a quick uncoupling from the power. If this was a new device I would've been very mad honestly.
As a replacement I've just setup an old android phone with USB tethering to work as a source of internet for my PC. Surprised this old phone still manages almost a gigabit down over wifi.
As a replacement I've just setup an old android phone with USB tethering to work as a source of internet for my PC. Surprised this old phone still manages almost a gigabit down over wifi.
- FURRYe38Jul 28, 2024Guru - Experienced User
You might find a good same model replacement or something different on shopgoodwill. đ