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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!

     

hellspawn69's avatar
hellspawn69
Guide
Jan 15, 2018

My fix I implemented has been solid for over a week, and I was dropping many times a day initially-

No factory resets, no downgrading firmware, just some looking into the settings.

Here is what I did-

Don't enable Smart Connect

Disable the SSID Broadcast of the 2.4 band. (currently testing to see if this is necessary)

Disable the 20/40 MHz Coexistence

Set channel manually (I picked 5, but currently testing to see if this is necessary)

 

I also have a 2.4 Guest SSID, it was dropping along with the 2.4 band originally, I didn't make any changes on that, and it has not experienced any drops since making the above changes to my main 2.4 SSID.

See if this works for you folks, if it does, here is a link to my GoFundMe.

https://www.gofundme.com/ford-mustang-gt-netgear

Maybe if this fixes the issue for more than just myself, Netgear can just make a full $ amount donation for all the time/effort/lost customers I would have just saved them.