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R8000P dropping wifi connection
Hello, I own a Nighthawk X6S (R8000P) and I've been having an ongoing issue where after I've been surfing via wifi for some time the wifi connection will remain active however there is no data up/dow...
So I updated to Firmware V1.4.0.10 5 days ago. So far no internet drops :smileyhappy:
Haven't tried installing my USB hardrive to see if network storage works again. Just updating everyone.
I have the same issue. Just bought the router 2 weeks ago and used the latest firmware. I’ve had router freezes at least daily. I had USB3 connected and noticed the lockups when using the drive so i disabled usb function and was ok for 2 days but now the lockups reappered. Tonight i had 2 freezes in the spn of 20 min. This time it was the wifi only. My PC which is hardwired was fine, which is different fom before. When the USB was connected the whole internet would freeze and i couldn’t even access the router page at 192.168.1.1. A hard reset didn’t help. Netgear tech support suggested exchanging for another router but looking at all comments i think this is definitely a firmware issue and not a unit specific defect.
The drops are too frequent, i feel this will have to go back to the store for a different model or brand.