DJScorp Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 yes I used it and signal on 5g would jump up and down every 5 sec from full bar to one bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJScorp Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 when I disable AX features OFDMAOFDM it stays at full barA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfie Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 7 hours ago, DJScorp said: yes I used it and signal on 5g would jump up and down every 5 sec from full bar to one bar. There are no bars in WiFi Sweetspots, this little app shows throughput in numbers with a line. Can you please install it as it’s a great piece of free software and very handy. Netduma Fraser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJScorp Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 bars jump on laptop and my phone . and now 5g wifi start disconnecting and just disappear until I Reboot router then it would return. I thing it maybe a faulty router. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfie Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 38 minutes ago, DJScorp said: bars jump on laptop and my phone . and now 5g wifi start disconnecting and just disappear until I Reboot router then it would return. I thing it maybe a faulty router. Contact netgear support, login to mynetgear.com and request a RMA. They will contact you and trouble shoot the router or raise a ticket and talk to support before RMA. Or you contact the retailer where you purchased it from and see if a replacement is available. Shame you never tried the free app, it would have been useful so I would do the above. Just to double check, the 5GHz is set to HT80 and not the 160Ghz bandwidth. Netduma Fraser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted December 6, 2020 Administrators Share Posted December 6, 2020 If you really think it is faulty which is certainly possible then try for a replacement as above. Would be good to go to NG support as they may have more advice. Newfie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Killhippie Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 On 12/3/2020 at 2:38 AM, DJScorp said: I don't wont any subscriptions its off. Is there anything else I should try before I will return this router back I'm a bit confused, you said you didn't know what armor was, it pops up as soon as you set the router up as a free trial, you have to click the X on it so it wont be activated and it says remember preferences. You really could not have missed that. This happens on every reset so you would have seen it quite a few times, if you did a proper reset which involves putting a paper-clip into the pinhole called reset on that back of the router and hold for 30 seconds. Netgear will ask you to try certain things like re installing the original firmware and doing a factory reset etc before they replace the router which you will have to pay for if you want to keep hold of yours until the new one arrives, this would be the cost of the router as new held on your card until they receive the old one back and then the hold will be removed, this is so people don't rip them off. If you bought it from Amazon and are within the return window send it back and just keep the XR500 for now maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJScorp Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 where is the option to select bandwidth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfie Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, DJScorp said: where is the option to select bandwidth Well if you don’t know you will not have altered it. It’s under WiFi settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJScorp Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 I don't see it , Should I try go back to previous version ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted December 6, 2020 Administrators Share Posted December 6, 2020 16 minutes ago, DJScorp said: where is the option to select bandwidth Are you referring to setting your bandwidth speeds? If so that is in the Congestion Control 3 line option menu on the top left of the panel on the QoS page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJScorp Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 Newfie asked me to check, the 5GHz is set to HT80 and not the 160Ghz bandwidth. where is that option ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted December 6, 2020 Administrators Share Posted December 6, 2020 That would be in Settings > Advanced > Advanced Wireless settings I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJScorp Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 not there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numo36 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Are we going to get adblocker on xr1000 This router has a really really good Wi-Fi i have r1,r2 xr 500 xr 700 but xr1000 is top Notch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfie Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 14 minutes ago, DJScorp said: not there I don’t have an XR setup but it should be under WiFi setting where you select the channel, something like this. Netduma Fraser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted December 6, 2020 Administrators Share Posted December 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Numo36 said: Are we going to get adblocker on xr1000 This router has a really really good Wi-Fi i have r1,r2 xr 500 xr 700 but xr1000 is top Notch It's entirely up to Netgear to decide on that, it will probably be available in future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJScorp Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 my interface is different and it there is no option to select or see mode , unless there is hidden menu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Newfie Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 On the 5Ghz channel under the 44 you can see 4333. Edited, looks like this is HT160 could you also take a screen shot when you open that for us so we can see what options it allows. Reading the manual that is the default setting you have it on, you should see a 4800 setting when you click that menu and that will be the 160Mhz which you do not want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJScorp Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 Newfie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfie Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Under advances settings for WiFi is there no HT bandwidth settings. If you could post another pic that would be great. on the drop down could you please try 2165 as that should be 80HT. Don’t forget to apply setting. The WiFi will reboot. 433 is HT20, 1000 is HT40, 2165 is HT80 and 4330 is HT160, @Netduma Fraser can you confirm this please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJScorp Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 Newfie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJScorp Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 Its working great right now when I change it to 2165 . Thank You for your help. Newfie and Netduma Fraser 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfie Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, DJScorp said: Its working great right now when I change it to 2165 . Thank You for your help. That’s great. They need to add the HT or a better description as mode means nothing by its self. AX should work fine now if you need it for any WiFi 6 devices. That option is under advance settings in your last picture. HT160 offers more bandwidth but not many devices support it and it causes no end of issues. You should have nice and stable WiFi now 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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