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Need help sorting out settings with NightHawk R7000 regarding local Network setup
Hi all,
I'm new to the community. Typically I don't use forums to solve issues unless I can't find a solution indipendently.
First a little background: I have generally been an AirPort Extr...
I'm making one more post to this thread to say I've resolved the issue.
I have chosen to stick with DD-WRT on the R7000 over the Negear stock firmware. The issues I mentioned in the above post regarding wireless speed turned out to not be related to the router, or DD-WRT, but rather the device being connected to the wrong wireless channel. In this case (2.4, instead of 5GHz.). After resolving that little issue, and putting the latest DD-WRT firmware on, the router has been rock solid.
Basically what I wanted in a router was the same choice I would get with any computer. The hardware, and the choice of which OS to put on it.
In this case, the R7000 Hardware+DD-WRT seems to be a good solution.
That's one hell of a list of things for people to have to plough through. I'll stick to this bit:
iFrog wrote:
1. What is the typical response in these communities to removing stock firmware and flashing something like DD-WRT which seems to be well supported on this model?
Netgear does not support third party firmware. Then again, it does not ban discussion of that stuff.
You won't get the Netgeart team advising on DD-WRT for example. And very few experienced users of that hang out here. The real experts gather over in the places where they write and use alternative firmware.
The volunteers here have a hard enough time keeping up with questions about Netgear's own firmware.
I'll leave it to others to unravel the rest of your message for questions.
Thanks for the response. I do realize I wrote a lot, and for many here I'm sure it's probably too advanced or uniqe. That's one main frustration I've run into quite a bit when it comes to finding help with consumer grade devices. I'm an advanced user with experience and official trainin in networking, and computer repair, so while my experience may not be current. I usually understand things, and seek solutions, that are not within the scope of the typical consumer crowd. Maybe a better question is, does NetGear offer any enterprise quality routers over consumer grade?
If I hadn't settled on the Airport years back when I had all the different issues with other consumer routers, I was going to look at enterprise.
Even paying around $250 for a Lynksys business line router years back ( N days before ac) was a big disappointment, the firmware updates bricked the router. Anyway I came here as it's a Netgear product, and I just wanted to also aknowledge that I understand that maybe my needs might also be above the scope of this particular community. Hopefully there will be others that can help. Thanks again.
I wanted to let everyone know that I resolved the issues I was having with the R7000 by changing the firmware from the Negear stock to DD-WRT.
I'm going to let the router run over night, but everything is looking and running very smoothly.
Hey all,
I'm sitll looking some feedback regarding Samba and the R7000. While DD-WRT solved the initial issue, I had couple other issues regarding wireless speeds. I went back to the Netgear stock firmware. The main thing I'm looking for is how to completely disable Samba on the netgear firmware. DD-WRT by default has Samba and all the USB / sharing functions disabled. The only other option I have to completely solve the issue for the time being, is to go back to my 2013 model Airport extreme. Unless somone can tell me how to configure the R7000 with no sharing functionality / samba enabled on the router. Thanks