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Netgear R7800 Nighthawk: 5GHz packet loss and random disconnects

Just a short update regarding my router. I pair it with my Asus AC88 PCIe card on my main desktop for an actual throughput of about 500Mbps up/down. The router is situated in my living room, and my desktop is placed around 7.5m away, with a 1/2 foot thick prefabricated wall in between to account for signal attenuation.



I find the current setup works fine for me. I have a gigabit internet subscription at home, and 500 up/down is plenty fast for my daily use. I could do a direct plug-in via the router if ever there was any large file transfer required, but my Synology NAS (DS-214) with its ethernet connection deals with that use case for me.

Anyhow, since my last post, I've noticed random disconnects on my 5GHz connection. My missus has also been complaining that her iPhone is dropping 2.4GHz connections from her spot in bed (easily the furthest spot from the router in the entire apartment)

I did the usual troubleshooting - restoring network connections to default on my PC, installing the latest drivers for my PCIe network card, to no avail.

Since my router was purchased from Amazon USA and therefore not broadcasting local channels, I've attempted to re-flash the firmware with an image downloaded from the local netgear website. Spoiler: access to channel selection is still greyed out and locked to North America - may be hardware locked.

Anyway, that didn't work either. Surveying the forums for any clues, I came across a post that indicates firmware 1.0.2.58 and 1.0.2.60 seems to be giving some users grief  - the last reported working firmware is 1.0.2.52

Since a re-flash is usually trivial, I took the 5 minutes to complete that step, and have been experiencing a sweet, solid 5GHz connection for the last hour or so.

Easy fix!

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