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R6120 (AC1200) Signal Strength issues after update to 1.0.076 from 1.0.072

JackN777
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R6120 (AC1200) Signal Strength issues after update to 1.0.076 from 1.0.072

Just wanted to mention this for anyone with a R6120...

 

Yesterday I updated to the latest Firmware on my router with 1.0.076.

It was successful, but then almost immediately I had issues with connections with my streaming devices in other rooms, and the signal strength at my Laptop was intermittently dropping to 4 bars from 5 bars.

 

The laptop is only 3-4 feet away from the router.

 

This morning I rolled back the Firmware manually to 1.0.072, and the problems went away.

 

I'm curious if anyone else has had signal strength issues since updating to 1.0.076?

I turned off auto update until I hear more from other users of this router.

Model: R6120|AC1200 Dual Band WiFi Router
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plemans
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Re: R6120 (AC1200) Signal Strength issues after update to 1.0.076 from 1.0.072

One thing to try is after the firmware update, if there's issues, factory reset the router and do a clean install. by clean install I mean don't use a backup configuration. 

You can always give that a shot and see if it works. If not, stick with the version you're on. 

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JackN777
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Re: R6120 (AC1200) Signal Strength issues after update to 1.0.076 from 1.0.072

Yeah. Think I'll stick with 1.0.072 for a while.

 

This post is liable to die a "no-activity" death with no other responses.

 

I would like an answer to why the signal strength becomes worse after an update, but I don't have time to really expirement on my own with that. Too much of a hassle if it works... not fixing it. 😄

Model: R6120|AC1200 Dual Band WiFi Router
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