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Any R7000 owners roll the dice on 1.0.11.122 ?
I'm very pleased that the R7000s in both of my houses running on '116 have been outstandingly stable for the last 3 months. I just saw this new '122 hotfix and, always eager to stay ahead of vuln...
Figured i would install it given it's a hot-fix for security issue. My R7000 was previously on firmware version 1.0.11.116. Which worked fine. Installed the 1.0.11.122 Hot fix today. Followed the Netgear recommended update process > download file and install through admin page. Checking for updates through the admin page fails to find this hotfix so manual download it was. Update installed without issue. Router rebooted.
Had issues right away. Sites that previously loaded to completion almost instantly, now lag and sometimes time-out. I'm on a 200+ Mbps plan with Xfinity and consistently went over 200 Mbps down on speedtest dot net in the past. Post-upgrade, the download test failed to load until I reloaded the page several times. Upload test timed-out a few times. Hitting the same Comcast sever in Chicago as I did in the past. Speed tests are always run on a computer that is hard-wired to the R7000 with CAT6. Tested using multiple browsers to rule out browser quirks. All results were similar.
Decided to go one step further and performed the reset procedure described in the manual. Held reset button down for at least 5 seconds and released. As expected, this reset everything back to factory settings. When the router was back up hitting it's IP took me through initial setup (set admin password, answer questions about an app, data collection etc). I do not use their app or enable data collection. BTW, routerlogin.net no longer works as before. It now redirects you to their website where they nag you to use their app.
Next, I changed settings back to what they were prior to reset. Rebooted by unplugging power, let it sit for a few minutes and then powered-up. The reset made no difference, performance is still laggy and sites intermittently time out. The problem is consistent as in, every site I hit lags noticeably and some time-out. It's not site specific, the timeout occurs for sites that previously worked as well. Will likely revert to previous firmware as this hot-fix appears to be buggy. At least on my router it is.