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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.
Hey DarrenM...just gave the trial firmware a go and reporting in. Unfortunatly the DNS reload issues have not been resolved. Same as the.118 and .120 versions. The speed limiting issues have been resolved however. I have backed out the trial firmware and downgraded back to .106.
Same issue, I wasn't paying much attention to the speed issue as I was the DNS problem, still there. Back to the .106 version but thank you
Yes, right after I bought my R6700v3 Router in April this year, I updated to the .106 version and it was fine. I wish I NEVER updated it to the latest .118 and then .120 firmware... I only did it because Netgear Emailed me saying "We've Enhanced Your Product's Security.
Please Update to the Latest Firmware".My Ethernet connected PCs seem to exhibit the DNS issue often, sometimes I need to refresh my browser 5 or 6 times to go anywhere! Our Wireless connected Android phones don't seem to do it that often.
I can't beleive Netgear hasn't fixed this...
Revert FW version back to what was working in meantime.
Rob-S wrote:
Yes, right after I bought my R6700v3 Router in April this year, I updated to the .106 version and it was fine. I wish I NEVER updated it to the latest .118 and then .120 firmware... I only did it because Netgear Emailed me saying "We've Enhanced Your Product's Security.
Please Update to the Latest Firmware".My Ethernet connected PCs seem to exhibit the DNS issue often, sometimes I need to refresh my browser 5 or 6 times to go anywhere! Our Wireless connected Android phones don't seem to do it that often.
I can't beleive Netgear hasn't fixed this...
This morning I installed the latest update R6700v3-V1.0.4.122_10.0.95 and the problems seem to be fixed. Still testing though. But I can move between web pages without having to reload constantly. In fact I haven't had to reload a web page once since the install. Fingers crossed that this is fixed (at least for my Win10 computer).
Here's hoping it works for everyone!
OldDog61 - Thanks for reporting on your experience with R6700v3-V1.0.4.122_10.0.95
I am a bit hesitant to try installing it just yet. Hopefully others more adventurous than I am will report on their experiences installing it.
Here's my experience with the upgrade. After the upgrade I had to manually reboot the router, now I cannot get back into the router to see what version firmware I am running. Netgear Genie app keeps showing login times and the Nighthawk app showing the same thing. Netgear; I don't pretend to know all this technical crap, us consumers depend on you folks for it. I can honestly say Netgear products are in my rearview mirror. I have rebooted several times, both router, pc and phone. I cannot get back into router.
If you're still having that issue of connecting to the router then a factory reset may be in order.
https://kb.netgear.com/9665/How-do-I-perform-a-factory-reset-on-my-NETGEAR-router
I did, it took me 3 factory resets to get everything back, then I had to redo all the network names, passwords etc on printers, range extenders etc. In short the entire process sucked and best of all I am still having some website connecting issues with the TLS handshake
Gave the latest R6700v3-V1.0.4.122_10.0.95 a shot just now. Unfortunately I received the same results I did from the .121 trial firmware that I tested from DarrenM. The DNS issues are resolved still, but as soon as I apply the firmware update my internet speeds are reduced in half. 500Mb down to 250Mb. I have again backed out the latest firmware and gone back to version .106 :(
- Yes same here this is the most dumbest thing it cuts my BW in half also. Have to sacrifice security for speed. I thinks it about time to switch to asus for me... Netgear has no ambition to fix these issues at all
So maybe I got lucky with the new firmware?
I don't believe in luck with tech so maybe it was a combination of things.
I simply installed the driver and waited for the router's Admin logon screen to come back, logged in and verified the install, then rebooted my computer. And I no longer had the DNS issues and my 400/20 Mbps service I pay for is giving me 460/23 Mbps right now (speedtest.net). My MTU isn't dumbed down to 1472 and my boys say their games and minecraft server work fine and without issues.
My computer is a pretty cheap 5 YO computer store custom build:
Windows 10 21H2 (build 19044.1415) 64-bit
AMD A8-6600K APU
8 GB Ram
Chrome browser
I hope those of you with firmware issues are able to get them corrected.
Old Dog
as a follow up, I am trying to install the .106 firmware version seeing as this latest one is still an issue. Since the update, resetting and rebooting I can no longer log into Netgear Genie to revert back to the older firmware. The nighthawk app doesn't allow you to revert only go forward on updates. Does anyone have a solution to this problem? Asus is on my horizon!
