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ThorPan
Sep 30, 2025Aspirant
RS500 — Nighthawk BE12000 WiFi 7 Tri-Band Router Protection Engine Problems
Hi, Unfortunately, I'm 2 weeks past the measly 90 days of support for my RS500 - Nighthawk BE12000 router, so I'm posting here instead, trying to prompt Netgear to actually create firmware that w...
ThorPan
Oct 02, 2025Aspirant
If I disable the Protection Engine, most of the things in our home disconnect eventually and don't reconnect, so that's not acceptable since we have a SmartHome, and there's a home business also ran from our home that relies on the Internet to be working.
A reset loses all of the Devices I have defined by name, so that's a non-starter for me.
Changing channels will not affect how devices connect to WiFi, so is a waste of time.