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R7000 5ghz not stable
Running latest firmware V1.0.9.64_10.2.64 - Multiple devices connected to the 5GHZ side are very unstable. If you do a constant ping to the router you can see the dropped packets as shown in atta...
Agreed, many people are having issues with the current firmware. You can downgrade to earlier firmwares though. Have you tried this?
TheEther wrote a great response to someone on how to do so. its here:
After reading through through more posts there seems to be a lot of people having issues with the 5G side.
Agreed, many people are having issues with the current firmware. You can downgrade to earlier firmwares though. Have you tried this?
TheEther wrote a great response to someone on how to do so. its here:
I will give that a try. What version is considered stable? I only use simple port forwarding and WIFI in the house.
ov10mech wrote:
I will give that a try. What version is considered stable? I only use simple port forwarding and WIFI in the house.
Nothings ever really perfectly stable or manufacturers wouldn't update firmware. With that said, I've heard good things about the .42 firmware. If you're a more advanced user you can always look into dd-wrt but that'd be a different forum :)