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Nighthawk R7000 Slow WiFi speed
After the latest FW update (V1.0.9.34_10.2.36) my wifi starts jumping upp and down . I'v got 2 of R7000 and one is acting as AP.
I uppgraded FW then factory reset still same issue on both R7000 . T...
Hello ezone
I have escalated this issue to our engineers and our support team would like to work with you. I have sent you a PM.
DarrenM
Well I guess they mean the new one - V1.0.9.42_10.2.44
Saw the post and did a speed test on the 2.4GHz and could only get 40Mbps a couple of metres away from the router, updated and repeated test and it was around 110Mbps. I've now re-enabled the 5GHz radio which I'd disabled as it was hopeless - speed test is giving me 217Mbps (wired is around 220Mbps download) so hopefully it's sorted now.
As long as I'm getting decent wireless speeds now I'll be very careful about routinely updating to the latest firmware again - I was ready to reolace this router with an alternative to solve the issue.
Unfortunately for me that is the version that started all my troubles. V1.0.9.42_10.2.44
Add me to the list of slow WiFi customers. I'm running V1.0.9.42_10.2.44 on two R7000's, one running as an AP. Used to get 200Mbps/22Mbps speeds, now 15-20Mbps downloads on both 2G and 5G networks, hardwired connection just fine. I've tried WMM and QoS on/off, no difference. Between this and the VPN not worrking issue if I didn't have almost $400 invested in this hardware I'd be on Amazon ordering something from another company, but they've get me by the gonads, don't have the money at the moment to replace things. Very disappointed on how Netgear isn't fixing this stuff.