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plegrand
Tutor
Apr 17, 2023

R7000 Firmware

Hello, I have had a R7000 wifi router for a while now. For some time now I have been experiencing a lot of problems with it (frequent disconnections) The problems came with the successive updates ...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 17, 2023

I had good luck with v.134 with my R7000 when i had it online last year. Worked well:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-Wi-Fi-5-AC-Routers/New-R7000-Firmware-Version-1-0-11-134-Released/m-p/2198986/highlight/true#M211612

Might go thru this and see if the configuration I used help. I use manual channels and Smart Connect is enabled along with Beamforming and MIMO. 

I also keep a laptop cooler fan running under any router I put online. 

 

 

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Kitsap
Master
Apr 17, 2023

After you perform a firmware default reset, you will have to set the configuration of your R7000 back to AP mode.