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5g DFS channels in US r7000 r7000p ex7000 and in general. All firmware release notes lacking data.
R7000 R7000P EX7000 all firmware realease notes. I have R7000 R7000P and Ex7000's used as AP - Extender pairs. All at various firmware levels. One of the EX7000's is at V1.0.1.94_1.0.172 and I ...
I might as well close this out. After numerous searches and reading about this and the response in general from all software and firmware providers, seen in searches and personal experience: My conclusion is that the "as is" "as available" clause to protect the providers is being abused to excuse sloppy programming and sloppy testing and non existant support.
I believe this allows hiring the cheapest programmers and testers and support staff! There is no incentive to actually test changes since no responsibility is required. LET THE BUYER BEWARE. SPEND UPFRONT TIME TO TEST AND EVALUATE ANYTHING YOU BUY. THEN TAKE BACK AS SOON AS YOU FIND IT IS CRAP. DO NOT TRUST ANYONE!
The EX7000 pair I am using are not perfect, but are acceptable for the near future as a replacement for the R7000p/EX7000. My only complaint is that the power level setting does not seem to make a difference. Although at 25% 5g dropped out. So I abandoned further testing. Enough is enough. I can get obsessed with trying. As some say "its does no good to kick a dead horse".
Since there has been no response I decided to try updating to 1.3.2.134 from 1.3.0.20.
I am now running on that firmware level now.
Setting 5g channels does not offer any DFS channels.
As per the following I should have DFS channels. Or does that require another Firmware release?
Which NETGEAR devices support Dynamic Frequency Selection? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
does include the R7000P as DFS approved in the US.
The following is a list of NETGEAR devices that support Dynamic Frequency Selection:
The following tables show which NETGEAR devices support Dynamic Frequency Selection by region (U.S, EU):
Federal Communications Commission (U.S)
Product | Model Name |
A6100V1 | A6100 WiFi USB Adapter 802.11ac Dual Band |
EX6200V1 | WiFi Range Extender |
A6210V1 | WiFi USB Adapter |
EX7000V1 | AC1900 WiFi Range Extender |
EX3700V1 | AC750 WiFi Range Extender |
WAC740V1 | ProSAFE® Dual Band Wireless AC Access Point |
EX6120V1 | AC1200 WiFi Range Extender |
WAC720V1 | ProSAFE® Dual Band Wireless Access Point |
WAC730V1 | ProSAFE® Dual Band Wireless Access Point |
EX7300V1 | Nighthawk X4 AC2200 WiFi Range Extender |
R7800V1 | Nighthawk X4S AC2600 Smart WiFi Router |
EX6400V1 | AC1900 WiFi Range Extender |
EX3800V1 | AC750 WiFi Range Extender |
EX6200V2 | AC1200 WiFi Range Extender |
EX6150V2 | AC1200 WiFi Range Extender |
EX6100V2 | WiFi Range Extender |
R9000V1 | AD7200 Smart WiFi Router |
R6400/R6700V2/V3 | AC1750 Smart WiFi Router |
R6700/6800/6900V2 | AC1900 Smart WiFi Router |
R7000P/R6900P/RS400V1 | AC2300 Smart WiFi Router |
Above is copied from Which NETGEAR devices support Dynamic Frequency Selection? | Answer | NETGEAR Support : yet I can not select any DFS channels.
So now my question is is a factory reset going to fix this? Or a new Firmware release?
Or is there something else that will enable the DFS channels?
The neighborhood is full of 2g channels that have a mix of unfriendly channel use.
like: 1,2,4,6,8,11,11-4 so it would be nice to use 5g. The 5g channels are not all used yet so a firmware release in the near future would be fine! Does anyone have the DFS channels working on the R7000p in the US? If so how? Is there a setting somewhere I haven't found???
Thanks Roger
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No answers. So despite knowing update to latest level may cause some grief, I updated to 1.3.2.134 hoping to get DFS channels.
NOPE STILL ONLY 36 40 44 48, 149 153 157 161.
My question is since the R7000P is DFS approved in the US.
WHY ARE THERE NO DFS CHANNELS available t this the latest level?
When will DFSt be available on the R7000P ?
Please Does anyone know the answer? The EX7000 does have DFS !
Thanks for any information. (Any information for R7000 would also be appreciated.
Now I found this saying Netgear knows the solution.
Solved: Re: Netgear's 'wireless bridge' DFS CHANNEL blunde... - NETGEAR Communities
When is Netgear going to fix this for R7000P and other routers?
This means that it does work if installing as router bu not if installed as AP.
Does Netgear have any release date to fix this blunder?
Again any news will be appriciated.(Please tell me I didn't waste the money and time on a product that is worthless!) I am willing to try new firmware and use the flaky update process
to obtain the DFS channels I paid to have in the product. Even though I seem to get a different result every time I do a reset!
I already have a modem router and really only want the AP function.
Thanks for any information.
Roger
Attempted to setup as a router and turn off DHCP. Always ended up with The IP address conflicts with the WAN IP subnet. Please enter a different IP address message. On a few attemps it would actually apply the settings , but result in no access to the router, The modem router still shows two addresses or the R7000P but they are nor accessable.
To me the important fact is that t no time in the setup did the router show DFS channels.
Netgear does not seem to want to make it clear what channels are in the firmware. This implies the router is capable of DFS as all Netgear documents state, but the firmware does not support DFS. I think but cannot prove that "router mode with DHCP off is treated the same as" the "extender mode". In any case it definetly appears that DFS is not in the firmware for this router.
Does anyone out there have the DFS channels working on this as either a router or as an extender?" Would NETGEAR actually comment on this. I am definetly feeling ripped off?
Having seen that there appears to be no DFS support in the firmware, I wish I had not trusted NETGEAR. I had no problems with previous routers including NETGEAR.
I will now go back to setting up as an AP untill it allows me to access it to change settings.
Please respond if you have any solid infirmation about why DFS is not supported in the firmware.
Roger