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starman2k01
Jan 16, 2018Star
Worldwide Chromecast caused wifi issues--Netgear addressing this?
Media and internet (see Reddit for example) have identified that Google Chromecast is crashing wifi routers due to it blasting of multicast packets due to Chromecast bugs. Other wifi routers are pat...
- Jan 25, 2018
Looks like Google, after a year of problems, rolled out a fix to Chromecast devices. Everything seems to be working now.
johsno
Jan 16, 2018Aspirant
I too am interested...
michaelkenward
Jan 17, 2018Guru - Experienced User
The best way to catch up with this issue might be to read the long running saga of the R7000 router.
R7000 keeps losing 2.4GHz wireless connectivity - NETGEAR Communities
Start at the end.
There is a similar discussion about the D7000 modem/router.
Have you seen any problems with your hardware? It doesn't seem to affect every device. My R7800 remains unscathed.