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wbdoll
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May 24, 2018
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R7800 5GHZ not usable

I have a R7800 in my office with the latest firmware (V1.0.2.52).I also have an older Netgear WNR3500L running as an access point about 100 feet away. In my office I have my iPhone and iPad both runn...
  • pec967's avatar
    May 24, 2018

    I had a problem where some devices would disconnect from 5 GHz and then reconnect on 2.4 GHz. My assumption was the 5 GHz radio was dropping out for a few seconds periodically. The fix for me was to factory reset the R7800 and then enter all the configuration data by hand. I had this problem after upgrading to a new release of the firmware without a reset + manual reconfiguration. I am running firmware v 1.0.2.44, and I have been up for 100+ days without any problems.