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JamesGL
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Dec 18, 2017
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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. 
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  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Mar 07, 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!

     

ryanvellia's avatar
ryanvellia
Aspirant
Jan 09, 2018

Like I said I'm limited as far as routers go, I've never flashed firmware before. 

Ouin's avatar
Ouin
Tutor
Jan 09, 2018
Be careful that Xwrt-Vortex is not an open source firmware and we download only a compile version. We should thrust a Russia site and be sure that there are no spy process inside!
  • vincentw56's avatar
    vincentw56
    Tutor
    Jan 09, 2018
    Ouin wrote:
    Be careful that Xwrt-Vortex is not an open source firmware and we download only a compile version. We should thrust a Russia site and be sure that there are no spy process inside!

    Because ALL Russians are bad.

  • shamarin's avatar
    shamarin
    Virtuoso
    Jan 09, 2018

    Thank you! This is a compliment for me and for all people in my country.

  • rogier64's avatar
    rogier64
    Luminary
    Jan 09, 2018
    Ouin wrote:
    Be careful that Xwrt-Vortex is not an open source firmware and we download only a compile version. We should thrust a Russia site and be sure that there are no spy process inside!

    I'm scared for American Netgear for build in NSA backdoors :-)

  • BradR7000's avatar
    BradR7000
    Star
    Jan 09, 2018

    What does Xwrt-Vortex have that Advanced Tomato does not?

  • rogier64's avatar
    rogier64
    Luminary
    Jan 09, 2018

    Advanced Tomato has more options than XWRT-Vortex. More options doesn't mean better, in most cases you do not want to touch the features because you can screw up a lot. XWRT-Vortex for R7000 is a port or XWRT-Merlin which is based on the Asus firmware (based on Tomato). As XWRT-Vortex uses the HW-acceleration drivers (just as NG does) it has no limitations in WAN to LAN speed like most of alternative firmware do have.