New R7000 Firmware Version 1.0.11.100

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Portwey84 wrote:

Bottz

 

It's entirely hypothetical, but the firmware issues might be affecting older routers disproportionately. From what users on this forum have indicated, these R7000 units have been made in different factories in different countries, some in China, some in Vietnam.

 

Just because one router looks identical to another doesn't necessarily mean that the components used inside are identical. Over the years, electronics and components change. I'd be surprised if a router made 5 years ago and one made within the last 12 months stripped down side by side, would be utilizing exactly the same electronic components. There have been advancements in WiFi tech and components over the years. Who's to say that the wireless components used haven't altered between batches built between 2014 and 2020? This may or may not have a bearing on whether firmware updates will have the same degree of success between identical models of different manufacturing years from different factories. Maybe this is the reason why my own router for example, isn't suffering any ill effects at all from the latest firmware update.

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The fact there are routers like the R7000 that allow you to choose which OS to run on it, like you would any other computer is something I enjoy.

I may like the hardware spects of both a computer, or even a router in this case, but may have issues, or just not like the stock firmware/ os.

The issue I have with most consumer routers has mainly been, the quality of the hardware, and / or firmware / os.

In the case of the R7000 I first tried FreshTomato firmware, as suggested on this thread, but that wasn't a good fit, and I had issues with speed.  So, I went back to DD-WRT, which I had run on my R7000 last year for several months straight.  After going back, I regained great speed and stability, and because DD-WRT doesn't support WPS, I don't even have that functionality anymore to deal with, which was another ocmplaint here on this thread.  At the end of the day, for me, I considder my issues resolved at no cost to me, other than time, to manually configure  settings stock firmware either doesn't have, or try to do for you, and also reading about settings and how to set them.

With this said, I plan to do this the more professional way when I needs a physical new router, by getting a wired only router, and a seperate asccess point so I don't have to depend on one device for both, especially if there are wireless problems than it won't take down the whole network to fix.  (At least, it shouldn't)