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JamesGL
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Dec 19, 2017
Solved

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. 
Firmware
  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Mar 08, 2018

    You should review this and maybe revert back to this recommended version of FW:

    https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/R7000-1-0-9-26-Feedback-Thread/m-p/1520141#M85677

     

    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!

     

r7000_nooby's avatar
r7000_nooby
Aspirant
Dec 28, 2017

I tried to get firmware 1.0.9.18 last night ( after an automatic shutdown problem).

The download went quick, the install went quick, BUT it hung up on the REBOOTING. The crawl line was completely filled, but the darned thing never completed a REBOOT after D/L and Install.

 

  • brdoddsjr's avatar
    brdoddsjr
    Apprentice
    Dec 28, 2017

    Speed are good. 50M down and 16M up on a 50M service. (Speettest on native Android)

    • mzguy's avatar
      mzguy
      Apprentice
      Dec 28, 2017

      I'm giving .20 another try. Speeds improved. I remembered that after reboot I've always required a sort of ramp-up period over a few minutes, before speeds were good. I have not cancelled my Eero order, given that others haven't had luck with .20. If it's flawless over the course of a week and Netgear chimes in, I'll reconsider. Otherwise, my R7000 will likely be demoted to a switch.

      • Wrocky's avatar
        Wrocky
        Guide
        Dec 29, 2017

        Time to move on. 

        I've tried every available f/w version from every source in the last 2 weeks with this router and the longest it has been up was about 2 days.  That was the absolute best and only happened once.  Most times it would only last 4 or 5 hours. I can't afford the downtime, the beta testing time and I'm appalled by the complete lack of support from Netgear to acknowledge or repair this issue.   

         

        I really hope the issue gets solved so that I can flash it to something stable and sell it.  Myself, I've moved on to another vendor's product and have no intentions of purchasing something from or promoting Netgear as a company. 

         

        Good Luck all.