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chrisr1
Initiate
Nov 28, 2016
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R7000 keeps dropping wifi connection

Hi, I have a Netgear R7000 router which I purchased 4 months ago. Recently it has been dropping the wifi connection intermittantly which seems to be getting worse, which is really annoying when try...
Hardware
R7000
Troubleshooting
Garyr51's avatar
Garyr51
Tutor
Mar 31, 2017

I am still having the same problem. Wifi disconnects after about 2 days. Both 2.4 and 5ghz. I have tried the recommended channel changes, and a factory reset with a manual setup. Nothing seems to help. It dropped again yesterday. Had to reboot the router.

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Beamn1
Aspirant
Apr 03, 2017

 I have had the same thing. Purchased the router in Mid January 17 and worked for two weeks without issue. Since then it's a continuous reboot of the router. This A.M. can't even download a 48MB file without wifi crash.