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Kronr
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Oct 10, 2019
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X6 R800 Wired and WiFi internet drops out multiple times a day

I have had this router since June 2017, and for about the first year I had to reboot the router about once a week because internet would not be working.  The last few months, a couple times a day the...
  • myersw's avatar
    Oct 10, 2019

    Probably you have two options. 

    One downlevel the firmware to version that was working for you. 

    Two do as you suggest, get something from different vendor. 

    Netgear for the last year has been putting out one crappy firmware build after the other. Reason I got rid of my NG routers. Interesting that NG could also stand for No Good. ;) Netgear does not seem to have any oversite, testing for bugs being fixed or OA for their routers. If you look around on this site you will see issues dating back to over a year now.