New R7000 Firmware Version 1.0.11.100

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.