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Range Reduction on Nighthawk R7000
Hello, I've had the R7000 for about 1 year now and it has performed with excellence.
Within the past few weeks however I've noticed a very weak wireless signal when moving far away from the router within my apartment. At times I'm unable to connect to the WiFi signal at all whereas before I had no problems.
I'm also using a Netgear Extender which is experiencing the same issues.
I've tried rebooting both devices but the problems still persist. Any suggestions?
Have you tried changing Wi-Fi channels? You can use the desktop version of Netgear's Genie app or free downloads like Vistumbler, Acrylic Wi-Fi, or Airport Utility to survey the Wi-Fi networks around to find the least congested channel.
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Have you tried changing Wi-Fi channels? You can use the desktop version of Netgear's Genie app or free downloads like Vistumbler, Acrylic Wi-Fi, or Airport Utility to survey the Wi-Fi networks around to find the least congested channel.
This was very useful, thank you very much!
If you're saying the RF signal is dropping or lower in locations where it use to be higher the router may be failing. The router's RF output Should not be effected by other routers. Speed and or throughput may be effected depending on other networks if they are being used at same time.
Changing channels is about the same as power cycling and while the new channel appears to be better it may not last if the radio is failing.
