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R7000 Download speed on Gigabyte Internet
I have the Nighthawk R7000 AC1900. I had had this router for years, always worked great. I am on the firmware V1.0.6.28_1.1.83 I havent updated becasuse i didnt want to lose Arlo support. Also I ...
dwhiting1985 wrote:
I havent updated becasuse i didnt want to lose Arlo support. Also I have heard that updating kills the router and speeds. So I opted to not update.
........Should I just upgrade my router, which I have wanted to do for a while now, but just havent wanted to spend the money.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thank you guys!
First point, not everyone's router is either killed or loses speed updating firmware. I'm on Full Fibre to the Premises but not on the crazy speeds you're getting lol! Still, I'm on 150mb download, 30 up and I get the full whack. The speeds you're quoting that you get, just cost far too much money in my neck of the woods. I understand you want to keep Arlo support, so I get it why you wouldn't want to upgrade. Not sure how Netgear address the issue of security patches for the firmware you're running though.
Last point, you've answered your own question. I'm going to upgrade to WiFi 6 router, not sure Netgear will be on my shopping list though, plenty of worthy competition out there.