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No more 2.4 Wifi on R7000 Nighthawk after V1.0.9.14_1.2.25 update
Hi, Never had an issue before with the R7000, but after the V1.0.9.14_1.2.25 update I have no wireless 2.4Ghz devices connected to the router. 5Ghz works fine, but most of my devices do not suppo...
rudiklein wrote:
But honestly, a factory reset sounds like an advice from Microsoft on Windows.
Yes, it does, but it's well documented on this forum that certain firmware updates are incompatible with the settings from previous versions. Chalk it up to Netgear's unwillingness to fix their configuration subsystem to be backwards and forwards compatible.
Everybody, thanks for the help.
It is what it is: bad design is the cause, factory reset the solution.
(The downgrade didn't help, but you probably guessed that already.)
I'll have some typing to do tonight.....
Bye,
Rudi
Hi All,
I have verified it from our engineers that the latest firmware includes the fix for wireless connectivity issue.
I'm certainly not installing any update yet until I hear from multiple people it fixes both the loss of wifi and the speed loss encountered in the 5GZ range.
Does it fix the loss of speed on the 5gz range? This has also existed for a couple releases.
Well, I can confirm that the V1.0.9.18_1.2.27 FW did not fix the issue simply uploading it to the router. Within 2 hours I started suffering the same problem. I've since then went ahead and factory reset it and reset the router up from scratch. So we'll see how that goes.
No go on the FW fix. It worked for about an hour after a factory reset and started dropping the 2.4G devices.
MPrinter17 wrote:Well, I can confirm that the V1.0.9.18_1.2.27 FW did not fix the issue simply uploading it to the router. Within 2 hours I started suffering the same problem. I've since then went ahead and factory reset it and reset the router up from scratch. So we'll see how that goes.