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Iris4Thug's avatar
Iris4Thug
Aspirant
Dec 08, 2015
Solved

R7000 v1.0.5.48 breaks 5G in Operation Mode:Access Point

Updated firmware to latest version (R7000-V1.0.5.48_1.1.79) and the 5Ghz radio was no longer working for main and guest networks.  The 2.4 GHz radios seemed to still be working properly.  I did not s...
5ghz
AC1900
Firmware
Nighthawk
R7000
v1.0.5.48
  • rpoffen's avatar
    rpoffen
    Dec 08, 2015

    After the factory reset, make sure to re-enter the setup parameters manually, do NOT restore from backup, that appears to be incompatible as well.

     

Retired_Member's avatar
Retired_Member
Dec 08, 2015

I ran mine in AP Mode without that problem but due to a $_itload of other problems I reverted  back to 4.30 after shelving the r7000 for a week.

  • JamesGL's avatar
    JamesGL
    Master
    Dec 08, 2015

    Hi Iris4Thug,

     

    Did you try resetting the router to factory default after the firmware update to v1.0.5.48_1.1.79?

    • Retired_Member's avatar
      Retired_Member
      Dec 08, 2015

      I did.

    • Iris4Thug's avatar
      Iris4Thug
      Aspirant
      Dec 08, 2015

      I did not reset back to defaults.  However, that would have been my next step if rolling back to previous firmware version didn't work.

      • JamesGL's avatar
        JamesGL
        Master
        Dec 08, 2015

        If you want to use again the latest firmware then try resetting it after that update and see if that works.