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joejoeinc
Apprentice
Feb 07, 2022

Netgear R7000P - The routers with features you had to disable to make it work

Oh Netgear, let me count the ways your 7000P router sucks. I really wanted this to be good router but overall it's left a bad taste meaning my next router most likely won't be anything netgear.

- MIMO doesn't work and causes the network to crash. This is well documented these forums and was never fixed. 
- Attached devices never shows the right amount of devices.. you once fixed this an then broke it again in the next update.
- You show ads for paid services everytime you login to the router with no way to disable the ads
- You can't chang the DHCP range without having to solve a whole WAN IP conflict issue everytime.
- Changing the DNS server on the router requires a reboot
- Reserving an IP doesn't mean a clien will get that IP for a very long time (or the router until the router is rebooted)
- Almost every change in the router requires a reboot.
- Disabling things in the 'Include in Log' page simply doesn't work
- NTP time zone always resets to GMT12 for some reason.

It's not all bad though, at least the WIFI was fast when it worked.

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  • michaelkenward's avatar
    michaelkenward
    Guru - Experienced User
    Feb 08, 2022
    joejoeinc wrote:

    - You show ads for paid services everytime you login to the router with no way to disable the ads

    I don't see that. So it isn't hard wired into the thing.

     

    Pin down why that happens, fix it and maybe some of the other things will also go away.

     

    Several other things on your list also don't happen here.

     

    Which firmware version are you on?

     

     

      • michaelkenward's avatar
        michaelkenward
        Guru - Experienced User
        Mar 16, 2022
        joejoeinc wrote:

        V1.3.3.142_10.1.75

        That firmware does not show any pop-up ads here.

         

        How are you getting into the R7000P? An app or the browser graphical user interface (GUI)?

         

        There have been reports of new versions of the Nighthawk app doing this. Again, I don't see this on the R7000P and the latest Android app.

         

        I also don't see the need to reboot when I make changes. But that may be because I don't do much tweaking in my R7000P.