New R7000 Firmware Version 1.0.11.100

Tutor

Apr 14, 2020

JWS9518 wrote:
dshamim wrote:
I have been on V1.0.11.100_10.2.100 since last 3 days now -
I upgraded from v1.0.8.x

after upgrading some devices would connect to the wifi, but wouldn't run the internet
took a while to troubleshoot that as only 2 devices were not working, one a smnart tv and another smamsun s7, the rest of the stuff was fine

after that read somewhere that some firmware versions are incompatible - so did a factory reset -
after that things were fine

today however - it hung up twice - all the devices were connected to the wifi but not internet - but I couldn't even get into the admin panel - the led lights did not indicate that internet was down

had to restart the router both times to get everything working

considering rolling back to 1.0.8.x if this keep happening
I have found so far that hitting forget network on your devices and readding them, seems to help with connection issues for particular devices.. not sure if that is going to be foolproof, but so far it has worked. It is almost like the router sees the old connection as some kind of conflict and redoing it seems to fix it.

Thanks I will try that - last night I did 2 things -

1- I noticed that NTP settings had an error - it couldn't reach the netgear NTP server and router date time was mismatched, I set that up to a google NTP server

2- I reinstalled the latest firmware - just to make sure that it installs correctly (last time I updated the firmware, I didn't restart the router before the update - as indicaed in the readme for this firmware)

Lets see, if this still happens - will forget and add on all devices

last resort would be to try and downgrade the firmware back to 1.08.x

JWS9518
Apprentice
Apr 15, 2020
Well, after dealing with this update the last few days, I am most likely going back to .42. I keep having various devices losing connection and then having a hard time getting them to reconnect to the network. I have had a few reboots as well, but that has not been the biggest issue. If I could just keep devices from losing the network and then refusing to connect back, it would not be so frustrating.

I really wish Netgear would get their act together on their firmware stability. Or at least issue guidance on what firmware works best, especially if there are differences with the devices in how they are manufactured.
shoman94
Apprentice
Apr 15, 2020
Yup I moved on. ... It was time.
dshamim
Tutor
Apr 16, 2020
After testing various things for this firmware
1- forgetting network, connecting again
2- factory resetting
3- redoing the firmware update

this firmware is unstable

I reverted back to V1.0.9.88_10.2.88

device lockout and connection drops have disappeared
Portwey84
Virtuoso
Apr 16, 2020
The more I keep reading this thread, the more I believe this is a hardware issue between the same model of router but built in different factories at different times. Clearly I cannot know whether this is the case, but I find it odd that my own router is behaving itself on the latest firmware with no issues whatsoever apart from the known GUI bugs which are an annoyance.

To recap about my own router:
Made in Vietnam, 1st March 2019, shipped with v.64 firmware
Upgraded firmware to v1.0.11.100 on 4th April 2019 - no problems to date
Less than 25 devices being used.

I think it's been said enough times too, if anyone is intent on upgrading the firmware, the advice is do so via hardwire ethernet only using admin browser page through a computer.
Disconnect all unecessary cables, turn off router Wifi prior to any update. Make sure all WiFi clients are running up to date firmwares/operating systems. I know people on iOs devices that are still running iOs10 for instance when their devices are capable of running the latest OS.

From reading, some users are apparently still carrying out multiple factory resets/reboots when Netgear state in the upgrade instruction just to carrry out a reboot prior to commencing the upgrade. Personally, I just did a single reboot prior to the upgrade, no further reboots and no resets.

There is a general reasoning for disabling auto update. I concur and I've disabled it. I've also disabled UPnP.

There seems to be much love for firmware v.42 with multiple users stating this is the most stable firmware release. This may be so depending on the age of your router and where it was manufactured. For routers like mine that never had v.42 and which operated absolutely fine on v.64 prior to the latest firmware update, there would be absolutely no point in me rolling back to a firmware my router never had in the first place. Also, these older firmwares may have security issues which Netgear might have addressed in later releases, so you roll back at your own risk. Believe it or not, there are some of us whose routers are working perfectly normally with zero Wifi drops on either 2.4 or 5g wireless.

Finally, I think it goes without saying, if you've attempted multiple rollbacks/upgrades and your router isn't operating properly, keeps crashing, keeps dropping WiFi etc, then maybe it's time to part company with it and stop flogging a dead horse.

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New R7000 Firmware Version 1.0.11.100