I purchased the Netgear R8000 Nighthawk X6 AC3200 router in about 8 months ago and it seemed to be working fine but we moved into a 3 level townhouse about 6 months ago and I've been having constant WiFi issues.
I currently have the router setup as a wireless AP since I have FIOS and primarily use the router for surfing the internet, transferring files on my network and to access our baby's IP camera. The router currently sits on the 2nd floor, near a shared wall, and I've noticed intermittent connection issues especially in regards to being able to view the IP camera which is hard wired into my network. 50% of the time I have no issues but the other 50% of the time the camera signal completely drops and I have to switch the WiFi connection between 2.4, 5.1 or 5.2 and the camera signal magically re-appears after the switch. On some occasions switching the frequency doesn't fix things and the only way to address the problem is by powering the router off for 1 minute and then turning it back on. I've tried moving the router around and it helps slightly but I continue to have these issues.
I've accessed the same camera through the FIOS router and I have no issues at all leading me to believe that it's the Netgear router. I've also noticed that my upload/download speeds through out the house are well over 100 mbs but surfing the internet is quite slow and doesn't seem to the reflect the speeds I'm seeing on speedtest.net. If I hard wire my laptop to the router, surfing the internet is improved astronomically. I've tried playing around with the antennas but I still haven't been able to address any of these issues. I just factory reset the router this morning and was hopefully some of the issues would be fixed but it doesn't seem to have made a difference. I also have the latest firmware on the router.
I currently have the router setup as a wireless AP since I have FIOS and primarily use the router for surfing the internet, transferring files on my network and to access our baby's IP camera. The router currently sits on the 2nd floor, near a shared wall, and I've noticed intermittent connection issues especially in regards to being able to view the IP camera which is hard wired into my network. 50% of the time I have no issues but the other 50% of the time the camera signal completely drops and I have to switch the WiFi connection between 2.4, 5.1 or 5.2 and the camera signal magically re-appears after the switch. On some occasions switching the frequency doesn't fix things and the only way to address the problem is by powering the router off for 1 minute and then turning it back on. I've tried moving the router around and it helps slightly but I continue to have these issues.
I've accessed the same camera through the FIOS router and I have no issues at all leading me to believe that it's the Netgear router. I've also noticed that my upload/download speeds through out the house are well over 100 mbs but surfing the internet is quite slow and doesn't seem to the reflect the speeds I'm seeing on speedtest.net. If I hard wire my laptop to the router, surfing the internet is improved astronomically. I've tried playing around with the antennas but I still haven't been able to address any of these issues. I just factory reset the router this morning and was hopefully some of the issues would be fixed but it doesn't seem to have made a difference. I also have the latest firmware on the router.