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Vivienne
Sep 06, 2015Follower
N450 WiFi keeps disconnecting
Hello, So I bought my Netgear N450 WiFi cable modem router on April 30, 2015 and in the past month I've been having WiFi connection problems. The internet works just fine, but for some reason the...
DarrenM
Nov 02, 2016Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
The article must me wrong that is the latest firmware.
DarrenM
tomlyu
Nov 02, 2016Aspirant
Hi Darren,
Let me understand what you're saying here:
1. Netgear provide original firmware source code to TWC, within the original firmware, the WIFI signal is set to "Strong" or "Normal";
2. TWC deliberately modified the firmware, and compiled the modified source code, then pushed the firmware binary file to customer's N450 device;
3. After the firmware update, the customer's device has really weak WIFI signal, and customer cannot change the signal strength settings, but Netgear has nothing to do with this issue.
Am I right?
Thanks
- DarrenMNov 02, 2016Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Hello tomlyu
What you said is a total possibility I will have to check and see if that has happened with this device on that firmware.
DarrenM