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Feedback for R7000 New firmware 1.0.9.18
Hi All,
Please post here for any update/issue related to the latest firmware 1.0.9.18.
You should review this and maybe revert back to this recommended version of FW:
Alfikwrote:I've looked here again after a while and I can't belive the problem is still not solved....
Since I've flashed Tomato a few weeks ago I've forgotten that I have a router- it's working perfectly getting dust because i do not touch it at all :-)...
Parental control works perfectly, 0 drops, strong signal - save your time and do a similar thing!
Hello all,
I bought R7000 about a month ago based on good reviews on Internet. I knew it was already an old model, but I assumed that if its hardware is still strong enough, its software should be already corrected and very stable (new router was supposed to replace my old 2.4GHz only TP-Link 1043 with Gargoyle soft, which have worked very well, but was missing 5.0 GHz band).
For me, from the begining, the new Netgear worked ok with my crowded 2.4 GHz 100Mbit up/down fiber network (good range and stability on soft from November), but I couldn't figure out how to setup access restriction to different devices at different hours of the day so I decided a week ago to switch to latest Tomato by Shibby software.
A pleasure to use - access restriction function I needed, very fast, a lot of functions (most left as default), etc.
The only downside is the range- it is a bit shorter than on original firmware, and I really need a good range to cover my 100m2 appartment with thick walls, so for now I will stick to Tomato software, hoping the original one will be fixed, and the Access restriction function will work as in other softwares (Gargoyle, Tomato, etc).
Regards
Alfik
Hello Alfik,
The hardware of the R7000 is fine. I bought 3 R7000 based on reviews. But software wise by what I know and experienced with the R7000 I wouldn't buy them again. At the time it was an expensive purchase for a lame working home router which fails with any advanced feature. I probably now would have bought Asus or another brand. Good to hear that alternative firmware brings you relief. However for me alternative firmware should bring more flexibility and features. Stock firmware should work as advertised. That over the last 3 years Netgear didn't get their act together on the software is a shame, because overall Netgear gear overall isn't that bad. although as a side note their support unfortunately took a hit and dropped down.
Brgds, Bas.
Hi all
So I was on 9.18 and as noted that didn't owerk out too well. NetGear approached me via PM re: beta version 9.15 which had its issues. Most interestingly was that the 9.15 BETA still dropped the 2.4 Ghz band and when configuring the using the basic menu ( and letting the software fill in blanks) versus using the stored configuratyion in a back-up file, all my 5Ghz android devices connected to the router but not beyond. So after reporting on this to NetGear ended up flashing back to 9.10 and the 2.4 Ghz issue has appeared in that version as well. No amount of rebooting the router helps. So hestiant to deal with the hot fix given for some the issues weree reporterd as ongoing.
I also have been testing a beta release provided by PM. It ran perfectly for almost 6 days. Today I attemped to set up a wnr2500 I got for Christmas and the wireless link to the internet failed. Everything was connected but no internet access.
I have the same problem (2.4GHz stops working after a while - no IPv4 address attributed by the DHCP server) with V1.0.9.18_1.2.27
No really, all kidding aside, when are you going to fix the problem?
V1.0.9.20_1.2.28 still running strong after ~48 hours, no 2.4GHhz drops.
Rudi
