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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!
Thnx for the link.
I know google is my friend, but because a lot of people in this thread are talking about tomato etc. its only logical to ask here..
Open wrt and tomato are router firmware written by the public. As such there is no real direct support. They only support specific chipsets.
Open wrt supports more devices and is more stable on a wider variety of devices including those outside netgear. However it's a lot more complicated than Tomato.
Tomato is considered the lightweight easier to use version of open wrt. It is less universally compatible however and you can still hang yourself.
They really aren't for basic computer users. You can't use Netgear genie on them. If you don't understand what the settings are on the webpage router version, tomato is not for you. And I'm not sure what kind of support you will get if you brick your device with tomato (which is a small possibility if you set up the firmware wrong)
Best of luck.
Open wrt supports more devices and is more stable on a wider variety of devices including those outside netgear. However it's a lot more complicated than Tomato.
Tomato is considered the lightweight easier to use version of open wrt. It is less universally compatible however and you can still hang yourself.
They really aren't for basic computer users. You can't use Netgear genie on them. If you don't understand what the settings are on the webpage router version, tomato is not for you. And I'm not sure what kind of support you will get if you brick your device with tomato (which is a small possibility if you set up the firmware wrong)
Best of luck.
Hi
I've applied the latest 1.0.9.18 build .chk file via tftpd to revert to normal Netgear build from dd-wrt. However, whenever I browse to 192.168.1.1 the browser redirects me to http://www.routerlogin.net/genie_index.htm which of course doesn't connect as I haven't set the router up with WAN yet.
Can someone please enlighten me as to how I can get to my router settings page so I can change IP address, WiFi passwords etc? Very strange how it tries to go to the internet.
Thanks
- The NG firmware overrides the lookup for www.routerlogin.net and returns the router IP for it. If you are not using the router's DNS server it won't work. Just go directly to http://192.168.1.1, or whatever you have the router at.
Hmm ok, thanks. I have been going straight to http://192.168.1.1 and it keeps redirecting me back. I'll try setting my DNS manually to that of 192.168.1.1
Thanks
