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XR700 r-apps not loading
Hi Guys, Looking for some help on r-apps not loading on the XR700. I see there is a closed thread on this already but does not give me much information. Is anyone able to help on this one? ...
- Hi Nige, what pages is this happening on? In System Information on the R-App panel, change in the options the retries to 5 instead of 3 and then reboot the router.
30 feet is recommended in between router and extender to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected.
Be aware that you disable Smart Connect and select a DFS manual channel, some older wifi devices that don't support DFS channels will not connect to the 5ghz radio. Its recommended to leave Smart Connect enabled. Also enable Beamforming and ensure WMM is enabled as well. This works well with NGs EX model extenders. Been using this configuration on a XR450 and two EX7700s. Great coverage and operation.
The hardware on this router is impressive and i realy love the idea that is DUMA OS, as it has some awesome features. IMO there are a few more feautes that i would like but for an end user gaming DUMA OS is pretty cool.
My biggest probelem is that for a $500 future proof router, it is not getting the support it deserves.
So as i discussed here previously... I installed the 1.0.1.24 hotfix and i did see improved results. A couple of times since installing the hotfix i did get the R-APP loading issue, but a reboot didd seem to fix the problem. My new issue is that now every 5-7 days the router seems to stop handling DHCP. The way i discovered this is becuase every week some of my devices stoped getting an IP address and had soemthing in the 169.x.x.x range. Again, a reboot did seem to resolve the issue but it was getting very tedious to do this weekly. Especially because there is no scheduled reboot option.
You could continue to wait for a fix... But as you guys well know, this has been a long standing issue with this router and netgear does not seem to want to support this router for some reason.
What i did to resolve my problem, however, was flash this router with DD-WRT. Full discolsure, you will lose the functionality to limit connections to games outside of your selcted region (not an issue for me). You will also lose your warranty (again, not an issue for me). It is also possible to brick your router. But i will say that this router is now actually stable, not crashing, is handling DHCP and i have some of the added functionality that i've been looking for. This is a do it at your own risk sort of thing, but it has worked well for me.
Yes, i know it is poor form to recomend ddwrt on this forum, but what else am i supposed to do at this point. I had put up with the major issues with the router for many months, and I really should not have had to with a $500 router.