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?

TheEther
Nov 13, 2015
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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TheEther
Guru
Nov 13, 2015
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.
- moyers
  Aspirant
  Nov 13, 2015
  This was very useful, thank you very much!
  - michaelkenward
    Guru - Experienced User
    Nov 14, 2015
    If changing channels worked, then maybe a neighbour has recently started using the same channel and their wifi is messing up yours.
    
    I mention this so that you can keep an eye open for the next time this happens.
    
    Can you see competing wifi channels?

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Range Reduction on Nighthawk R7000