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Nighthawk X6S (R7900P) drops Internet connection after several days
I am running firmware 1.4.1.30_1.2.26 which is supposed to be the latest available and have noticed this described behavior which happens every few days or so. What I finally noticed is that the wif...
My solution ended up returning the router and buying a different one. I went with an Orbi mesh system and configured it the same way I had the Nighthawk X6S. My problems have disappeared and my network is stable.
A good friend of mine also had one of these Nighthawk X6S routers which stopped working altogether after a few months so he also switched out routers.
I am a surprised that the problems persist (still) and that Netgear would allow itself to get a black eye over lack of response or providing fixes to their products.
My solution ended up returning the router and buying a different one. I went with an Orbi mesh system and configured it the same way I had the Nighthawk X6S. My problems have disappeared and my network is stable.
A good friend of mine also had one of these Nighthawk X6S routers which stopped working altogether after a few months so he also switched out routers.
I am a surprised that the problems persist (still) and that Netgear would allow itself to get a black eye over lack of response or providing fixes to their products.
earroyave wrote:I am a surprised that the problems persist (still) and that Netgear would allow itself to get a black eye over lack of response or providing fixes to their products.
I am surprised as well. I used to think Netgear built the best routers. Not after my latest experiences though. They seem to not have a hand on what is going on in the firmware engineering side of the house. Appears no oversite and no QA to name a couple of things. Same bugs are present that were there a year ago.