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I bought R8000 from US during my travel and i want to use it within EU. Region setting can't be changed from admin interface and wireless performance is sluggish because of the low power compared to my home country. Is there any way to change region of this router other then US?
The region is locked based on the place it was manufactured and also the firmware loaded on it. If you want to change it, you may try loading a different firmware. Check the suppot site (Support.netgear.com).
I managed to unlock the option to select the other countries available. Mine was locked on to North America at first (greyed out, can't select), but i managed to unlock it.
If you need some instructions on how i did it, please tell me and i will post it. However, if you want to research on the instructions yourself, here are two things i did.
1) Telnet into router using telnetenable (MyOpenRouter - even though the website says it is only for the Netgear R7500 and Netgear R7000, it works for my Netgear R8000 too)
2) burnsku command to change the router's region to WW (world-wide)
Just a heads up, i only have these regions on the list currently: Asia Australia Canada China India Korea Malaysia Mexico Middle East (Saudi Arabia) Singapore South America United States
If i right click on the box and inspect element, i could see other region's such as Africa, Europe, Israel, Japan, Russia and North America which has the line in front "Disabled". Editing the line makes the country appear in the list, but applying the setting results in the region resetting to "Select Region", which defaults as Europe (seen from the Advanced tab). Maybe this depends on where you bought it, maybe?
TxPower is 127 qdbm, 31.75 dbm, 1496 mW Override is Off
I think that this states the maximum transmit power available for this router, but is limited via the country settings. I need someone to help check out on this too.
Sorry for posting so many replies, but i have found new information.
Using the burnsku command,
0x001 is for region NA 0x002 is for region WW 0x003 is for region GR 0x004 is for region PR 0x005 is for region RU 0x006 is for region BZ 0x007 is for region IN 0x008 is for region KO 0x009 is for region JP
This are all the available commands i have found which links to a region. FYI, the numbers 0x001, 0x002 is the command you type in the telnet to change the region (burnsku 0x001 etc.)
The reason why the region is greyed out because it is manufactured for the place where you purchase the unit. That is why there are different firmwares uploaded on NETGEAR's site for different region.
The region is locked based on the place it was manufactured and also the firmware loaded on it. If you want to change it, you may try loading a different firmware. Check the suppot site (Support.netgear.com).
Thnx James. I'm not sure I follow you on the change firm ware thing. But I did contact live chat support last week, and they (call center! somewhere!!) could not provide answer?
Thnx James. I'm not sure I follow you on the change firm ware thing. But I did contact live chat support last week, and they (call center! somewhere!!) could not provide answer?
Thanks anyway for trying to help.
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The router runs on firmware. @JamesGL is suggesting reloading a fresh copy of the firmware, to see if the issue can be resolved. Go to the Netgear_Support_Page click on networking icon locate the firmware, download to your desktop / laptop, and reload the firmware, When you have completed this step reset router to factory default (which you should have done in the first place as you did buy it used) and reconfigure the router.
I live in IL and bought the Nighthawk r7000-100pas from Dell. (Don't offer 100nas) do I need to change anything and if so why don't they sell the North America version when most purchase in the USA? Thanks
I left the router in box long ago, as all attempts failed to change region.
Ref yr recom to load new firmware, this has not worked also.
Reason, the new router has the genie download latest firmware version in it, and it is exactly the same as the latest one avail on the netgear website, i.e. 1.0.4.2_10.0.74
So how downloading firmware version from netgear site, differ from what the Genie has updated on the router itself, same name and version!
Thanks anyway for trying and the moderator of netgear to eheelp.
What is the region on your router? Where did you purchased the router? Normally the country of purchase will be followed as the region of the router. If it is North America, then the region on the router should be North America.
