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R7000 drop outs and slow wifi - Firmware
I found this post that says to use Firmware version 1.0.9.42 but I was only getting 25mb via wifi (Australia) https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/R7000-Dropping-WIFI-Daily/m-p/19...
It’s not a bad router if you stick to old firmware. It’s a old device now so my guess is they just don’t care. It’s been getting worse and worse for over a year until finally it just couldn’t hold a wifi connection. I was going to buy new one but thought I’d confirm it’s not software and was going to try 3rd party software but there is none compatible. The post I linked is top result on google which is why I made an account to give my findings because only way to prove it was hardware was to go back through all the firmwares. Funny thing is that is from 2018 and 2 years ago my device was fine and was on auto update. So that bit I can’t figure out.
Btw I have no patience at all, just broke.. I feel sorry for my neighbours who herd cursing for weeks.
Btw I have no patience at all, just broke.. I feel sorry for my neighbours who herd cursing for weeks.
DamagedDingo And you summed it up in one, it's an old device. I found that even after just 2 years of use from buying new, I had something like 11 firmware updates, most of which to be fair I had no issues with, until v.128 which wrecked my WiFi. I then had a massive issue in that my WiFi6 enabled desktop PC would completely wipe out the R7000 5ghz band destroying my Wife's internet connection. We for a while had to resort to hardwiring her work laptop just so she could work but trailing an ethernet cable halfway round the house, was just not acceptable. In short, the R7000 was just no longer up to the job on my fully fibre network. My replacement AX router is doing exactly what it's supposed to.