I have seen a high WiFi failure rate on their low end WNR2000 model, but not that specific problem.
I have also seen Netgear incompatibilities with Lenovo ultrabooks with Win8.1 and Intel 802.11ac where all WiFi clients are kicked off and the router has to be power cycled, but not affecting other APs in the area AFAIK. From: Glen Waldrop Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 9:20 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Netgear routers Has anyone else encountered a Netgear 802.11n router that shuts down the entire 2.4GHz band for 60 seconds every five minutes? I've had two of them do that and just found one running near a rural AP that is having trouble. Every five minutes the entire band is useless for one minute, they lose WIFI and everyone near them loses access or nearly loses access, regardless of the channel.