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highon2str
Jul 21, 2020Tutor
R8000 Nighthawk X6 - 5Ghz drops out after V1.0.4.52_10.1.67 firmware upgrade
Recently upgraded from V1.0.4.46 to V1.0.4.52_10.1.67 and now my 5GHz band drops completely on all devices. 2.4GHz still works. I have to either reboot the router or disable/enable both 5GHz wifi rad...
- Jul 21, 2020
We had a discussion about this here:
As discussed, we feel both 1.0.4.52 and 1.0.4.56-Hotfix are unstable. I tried for a few weeks to get both to work, with no avail. My suggestion is to roll back to 1.0.4.46. It has been stable, and reliable for the entire time I have been running it since Sept. 2019 when it came out. I have only had to reboot, power down, maybe once a month.
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plemans
Jul 21, 2020Guru - Experienced User
If there's a problem after a firmware upgrade, a factory reset and manual reinstall sometimes fixes the issues. I'd start with that and if it doesn't work, you can roll the firmware back to the earlier version.
Btw, there's also a .56 hotfix out. maybe install that, then try the factory reset/reinstall option. I'd recommend any firmware changes be done over a hardwired connection.
- highon2strJul 21, 2020Tutor
thanks for the reply, I've rolled back to the 56 fw, will see how things go over the next day or so.
- Tex-HoggerJul 21, 2020Star
We had a discussion about this here:
As discussed, we feel both 1.0.4.52 and 1.0.4.56-Hotfix are unstable. I tried for a few weeks to get both to work, with no avail. My suggestion is to roll back to 1.0.4.46. It has been stable, and reliable for the entire time I have been running it since Sept. 2019 when it came out. I have only had to reboot, power down, maybe once a month.
Tex-Hogger
- highon2strJul 24, 2020Tutor
Still sporadically drops out, so going back to 1.0.4.46. Dissappointing. Might look into getting an open source router after this one.