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R7000 2.4ghz not working but 5ghz is fine
Firmware 1.0.4.30 and 1.0.4.28 tried for weeks at a time.
Wireless devices connected to 5ghz band are all working perfectly and have been since i purchased this router at the beginning of June ...
Good news! We now have a production version of firmware that should resolve the 2.4 GHz issue, v1.0.5.64. You may download this firmware from our R7000 page here: http://downloadcenter.netgear.com/en/product/R7000#searchResults
As IrvSp correctly notes, this version of firmware fixes the 2.4 GHz issue and reinstates the new features, such as Kwilt, Smart Connect, and WiFI Transmit Power Control. It does not support Arlo. We hope to have a beta version that supports Arlo in the next two weeks.
We welcome any feedback you provide on this new firmware, and appreciate your patience as we resolved these issues. Thank you all for supporting the R7000 and NETGEAR!
HI Daydream_II,
Reset means pressing the reset button until the power turns amber.
And then having to do all settings all over again... Should not be needed when doing an upgrade in my opinion.
/Lennart
Daydream_ll wrote:And then having to do all settings all over again... Should not be needed when doing an upgrade in my opinion.
/Lennart
True, but that is when going 'forward'. The beta's seem to add some differences where the settings are saved. Like the Arlo SSID info on the recalled beta's. Users going to the official new release or the beta's based on code without the Arlo support reported for instance they still had the Arlo SSID. Although I don't have the code to look at (it is open source by the way) I assume the data area is NOT updated/changed during and install of new firmware. Hence old settings would be kept, but from the old recalled beta that data might be invalid and cause problems. Hence the need to clear it all and re-enter it manually. Saved data I guess is only good for re-installed settings on the SAME version, not a new one possibly.
Bottom line I guess is you only need do that when going backward in firmware versions. Forward/upgrading it might not be necessary depending on what the developers did.
