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5ghz very slow with R7000 router
Hi, I am using the R7000 router at my home for some time now. Since the beginning the speed on the 5ghz band was very slow. First I thougt it might be a problem of my Iphone, but now I have to se...
Others have had issues with the 5Ghz channels with the version of firmware you have, they seem to have luck actually going back to the previous version, 1.0.4.28. You can get it here downloadcenter.netgear.com/en/product/R7000
There is a beta firmware available, you can find the info here https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/R7000-firmware-v1-0-5-44-limited-release/m-p/991888#U991888
Ok did you try the below firmware . though it has nothing to do with your current firmware.
Also ignore iphone for now and see if you have 5ghz n or ac client and see the link rate for actual throughput as well signal strength.
In Iphone post a snapshot on 2.4ghz signal DB and 5ghz DB using the netgear analytics software. Also the graph which tell how many signal interferance in that area.
Hi,
I did not try the firmware you mentioned, I am currently using V1.0.4.30_1.1.67 (no new one availabe, at least thats what the webinterface tells me).
I do not find a netgear analytics software on the app store, do you mean the netgear Genie ?
Signal strength of my 2.4ghz network (using inSSID) is -43, for the 5ghz -45 and -89 on the two displayes channels. The link rate for the 2.ghz network is 144Mbit, for the 5ghz 300-360Mbit.
I just did a speed test on an internet website, I get 32Mbit downstream using 2.4gz and 2.7Mbit using the 5gz one ...
Christine
Others have had issues with the 5Ghz channels with the version of firmware you have, they seem to have luck actually going back to the previous version, 1.0.4.28. You can get it here downloadcenter.netgear.com/en/product/R7000
There is a beta firmware available, you can find the info here https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/R7000-firmware-v1-0-5-44-limited-release/m-p/991888#U991888
Hi,
I will try downgrading first, but I am not really expecting any differences. I have the problems since I installed the router 1 year ago (with older firmwares ..) . Since now I solved the problem with ignoring the 5ghz networks and using the 2.4ghz ones, but I am not willing to accept that any longer.
I will post if I see any improvements.
Thanks for the help,
Christine
When changing the firmware, follow these steps..
Reset back to factory defaults
Setup the router just enough to get it functional where you can connect a PC to a wired LAN port.
Load the new firmware
Reset back to factory defaults again
Setup as you would for normal operation.
If this fails to fix it, then you may need to see if you can RMA it, perhaps the 5Ghz channel is bad.