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R7000 dropping 5Ghz randomly
I was transitioned to work from home so I was able to finally notice this, but my 5Ghz connection on my router occasionally drops. During the course of my 9-10 hour shift, the connection drops around...
the general agreed upon decent firmware for the R7000 is 1.0.9.42.
the recently released version is still waiting feedback but the initial results aren't any better from what I've seen.
What modem is it from xfinity?
Try installing that firmware, factory reset again, and make sure to manually install.
I got my R7000 two days ago, shipped with 1.0.9.88 and I did have the 5Gz drops every few hours. Based on all the advice, I downgraded to the .42 firmware and I've been rock solid for about 36 hours. Hard to believe they can't get simple 5gz working with their firmware.
Can someone list instructions for how to downgrade to the .42 firmware? Thanks in advance!
Go here https://www.netgear.com/support/product/r7000.aspx
Select "downlaods"
It will show the current versions. on the bottom of that it says "show more" This will expand and show ALL the firmware updates. Select the one you want and download it to your computer.
Log into your router.
Go to the Admin portion and select firmware.
In that menu you hav the option to upload firmware from your computer. Select the file you downloaded. At some point it will warn you that the firmware you're installing is older than what you have. Ignore this and continue the install. Router will reboot and you will have your old firmware.
Understand this is a rough tutorial, but I think I hit all the bullet points.