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R9000 stopped producing 2.4ghz & 60ghz - crashes rapidly after connecting to 5G
Hello, I have a nighthawk x10 R9000, firmware 1.0.5.42. This has been running issue free for 5years plus, I suspect hardware repair is required. It has stopping being able to produce the 2.4g...
I love when people complain about a 10-year-old device failing and saying their not going to buy from this company again. There's a failure rate with all devices, and that increases with age/time. 10 years is a pretty decent lifespan and I'd be happy if all my electronics lasted 10 years. But you do you. I've heard some good things from the Synology lines doing great things but I haven't seen any Wifi 7 devices from them. Asus/Tp-Link have been pretty solid.
If you really want to get adventurous, get a mini-pc and build your own router. Then you can just add access points to it.
The reason for not buying netgear again is it was intentionally made to prevent repair.
The 2.4ghz/60ghz module i linked above has both surface mount variant and a m.2 slottable variant, with the excessive amount of space left on the board using the surface mount variant was a clear 'F u' to the customer
At this price point, you shouldnt be blocking the end-user from repairing your device.
Ontop of that when you google netgear support you get multiple false numbers to security scammers located in India.
It's very clear netgear does not care about their end users.