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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!
I also was able to fix my router. I purchased another vendor's gear and installed it. Done.
Netgear, get your act together and *maybe* I'll consider buying your gear again when I replace my new router in 4 or 5 years.
Professionally, I manage a network of about 10,000 computers; a thousand or so network devices, including high-end enterprise wireless. I kind of understand the troubleshooting. I am patient, to a degree, with vendors since recreating the faults is usually very difficult. HOWEVER, recreating the failures with the R7000 is neither difficult or complex. I do not believe Netgear understands the blacklash on this. I have told all of my techie friends to either flash their R7000 with another (non-NG) firmware or buy another router. I'm still trying to figure out how to work with all my non-techie friends who I (apparently, WRONGLY) advized to buy a NightHawk Series router.
I was PM'd today to work with support. I already provided them with several log dumps. They didn't reply and then came back to me as if they didn't know they had already started to work with me 2 weeks ago! It's very difficult to fix a problem when you can't manage it.
Hi,
I guess it's time for an update. What is the status? Do you know how many people has problems with this? Not only R7000, I know.
Please communicate!
Do you guys want us all to buy a new brand? Without a daily status report people run away to the shop.
Maybe that is your policy about solving problems.
Grt.
I don't know why everyone should buy a new router. The hardware is not bad at all, just the firmware is buggy. Simply flash XWRT-Vortex.
HWAM wrote:
rogier64 Do they pay you to promote Xwrt? You advice it in more posts. LOL.LMAO, no but I'm very enthusiastic about this firmware. I see a lot of desperate members here. In the end you can alway buy a new router, but it's so easy to try the ***-firmware first. Everyone deserves good advice :-)))
It's old hardware. I think I purchased my R7000 5 years ago. In electronics' terms .. that's ancient. But there are 2 reasons many of us purchased new hardware: 1) until the last 2 weeks, none of us -- including Netgear -- could confirm whether the "buggy" firmware damaged our devices. And 2) (and the most compelling reason) All of us are fed up with Netgear dragging their feet on this. We made a statement to them, with our wallets.
I'm quite happy I purchased a new router. I'm still following this discussion just so I can make my R7000 usable, in a secondary role.
brianhelman wrote:It's old hardware. I think I purchased my R7000 5 years ago. In electronics' terms .. that's ancient. But there are 2 reasons many of us purchased new hardware: 1) until the last 2 weeks, none of us -- including Netgear -- could confirm whether the "buggy" firmware damaged our devices. And 2) (and the most compelling reason) All of us are fed up with Netgear dragging their feet on this. We made a statement to them, with our wallets.
I'm quite happy I purchased a new router. I'm still following this discussion just so I can make my R7000 usable, in a secondary role.
Yes the hardware is somewhat outdated. On the other hand there are still not much devices who can gain full advantage of the speed the R7000 is offering. And yes, you can use the 'old' R7000 as accesspoint with third party firmware.
