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tjo22950
Jul 17, 2017Follower
R8500 constantly drops signal and needs to be rebooted
I bought this router back in November for our vacation home where my husband often works from. Our wifi signal is constantly dropping. It looks like you have wifi and then it will not work or is su...
ElaineM
Jul 18, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
Welcome to the community, tjo22950
Did you check for any other wireless devices that may interfere with the wireless signal of the router?
Also, try changing the wireless channel.
Make sure that you also relocate the wireless router in a higher place.
Avoid other wireless devices such as microwave, cordless phone, baby monitors and the likes.
By the way, which signal you're connecting to? Is it 2.4GHz or 5GHz?
What's the wireless device you're using to connect it to the router?