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R6700v3 firmware 1.0.4.118 caused connection problems
Thunderbird could not connect to imap servers. SplashTop said no internet. TomTom MyDrive Connect said no internet. Chrome would say site unavailable and then later connect. I went back to previo...
- New 120 Rev appears to be out and fixes the issue, along with others. Running it 5 days now, so far so good.
Just to reiterate what has been mentioned plenty of times here before. I experienced the same issues on my r6700v3. DNS issues (constant page reloading) and also reduced speeds on a gig connection (reduced to 200-220Mbps). This happened on both 1.0.4.120 and 1.0.4.118...same issues. Downgraded even further as recommended here to 1.0.4.106 to resolve the issues. Make sure you disable your auto firmware update to avoid these "feature updates" that literally kill your router. Disappointing there is still no fix, months after.
Exactly, you have to drop to the.... 106 version, this should be a hint to Netgear where to start looking for the problem.
I've been struggling with this for most of a week. Thought it was my PC until my wife had the same problem. Going back to 1.0.4.106_10.0.80 as I write this, though I got several DNS errors before successfully downloading it, haha!
When I first Googled the issue I learned there are multiple Netgear routers with the exact same issue profile. The same rants, extended timeframes, promised fix announcements, and subsequent multiple broken firmware revisions are repeated - just substitute in a different router model and a different set of fireware numbers in a given Netgear Community thread. I really wonder if they are intentionally breaking old routers so we'll buy new ones.
Go back one more version of the firmware, that took care of my problems, it ends in .106
I just want to echo what many others have said here, i. e. that it is ridiculous that Netgear has not yet fixed the bugs in the two firmware updates issued subsequent to the the 1.0.4.106 version. (As I described in previous posts I downgraded back to the 1.0.4.106 version after installing the 1.0.4.120 version.)
Prior to purchasing the R6700v3 I was using a perfectly functioning Netgear WNR2000v5 router. The only reason that I purchased this R6700v3 router was that Netgear indicated the WNR2000v5 had reached end of support and would no longer be getting security updates. So, now I have the R6700v3 with acknowledged security holes that Netgear seems unwilling or unable to patch with workable patches.