Firmware 2.2.1.210 released as of 10/3/18

This update is hell.  The previous version was nice and stable - why are we defaulted to auto-update?

Mine auto-updated in the middle of the night - woke up to intermittent internet.  Rebooted the router and it came back up - at 1/10th the normal speeds!  I have a gigabit connection and was getting 100mbps on WIRED connections - 40-60mpbs on Wifi.

I powered down the satelite and then restarted the router and rebooted the cable modem.  And waited what seemed like 5+ minutes.  Router now gives me gigabit speeds and regular wifi speeds 400-600mbps.

Haven't turned on the satelite yet...

I'm about ready to look for an alternative product.  I will no longer recommend this product to anyone who asks.

No factory reset because that's total BS.  I think that is purely coincidental that it corrects anything - likely because there's old settings in the config that don't get properly migrated during the update process.  When you go through this process and factory reset - all you're doing is hiding bugs from Netgear.  Make them find them and fix them!

Netgear - stop pushing beta software like this out.  I understand its a complex beast - but doing a factory reset to install clean software means you have **bleep**ty software engineering practices.  You can't both expect us to accept auto-updates AND require us to manually intervene for 30 minutes to factory reset or power refresh everything.