Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 10:11 Post subject: R8500 no 2.4Ghz showing
Hi,
A mate upgraded his stock firmware on his R8500 to the latest version and now seems to have lost his 2.4Ghz WiFi band, its showing in the gui but its like its not broadcasting the ssid, its not showing up on devices for selection.
I googled the problem but seems its quite a common fault, does anyone know if there is a fix for this?
he dropped it round for me to look at, i installed kong's latest dd-wrt firmware version thinking this may fix the problem but it still exists.
If it failed during a firmware upgrade i would assume its a software issues not a hardware issue, i have read lots of posts this morning about this problem but none with a fix, is this now 5ghz only router or can it be recovered?
thanks
yes he updated from stock Netgear V1.0.2.30_1.0.43 to v1.0.2.122, I've since tried it back on the same version it came from then i tried kong's DD-WRT firmware hoping that may fix it.
So the software update has killed the hardware?
It was working fine until he updated the firmware
yes he updated from stock Netgear V1.0.2.30_1.0.43 to v1.0.2.122, I've since tried it back on the same version it came from then i tried kong's DD-WRT firmware hoping that may fix it.
So the software update has killed the hardware?
It was working fine until he updated the firmware
That's pretty hard to believe. They should be shitting in their pants if that's true _________________ R6400v2 (boardID:30) - Kong 36480 running since 03/09/18 - (AP - DNSMasq - AdBlocking - QoS) R7800 - BS 31924 running since 05/26/17 - (AP - OpenVPN Client - DNSMasq - AdBlocking - QoS) R7000 - BS 30771 running since 12/16/16 - (AP - NAS - FTP - SMB - OpenVPN Server - Transmission - DDNS - DNSMasq - AdBlocking - QoS) R6250 - BS 29193 running since 03/20/16 - (AP - NAS - FTP - SMB - DNSMasq - AdBlocking)
There is a lengthy thread on here about it.
I’ve had level 2 support from Netgear try to figure out the problem.
Look on eBay at the number of r8500 not working, stuck in a boot loop.
I’ve bought 5 or 6 myself. No more. Lol. _________________ I am far from a guru, I'm barely a novice.
At one point, I had one of my wireless bands not showing after a reboot. I just re-loaded DD-WRT after appropriate 30/30/30 resets and it magically re-appeared.
At one point, I had one of my wireless bands not showing after a reboot. I just re-loaded DD-WRT after appropriate 30/30/30 resets and it magically re-appeared.
Mine did too. For about 5 minutes. _________________ I am far from a guru, I'm barely a novice.