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R7000 keeps dropping wifi connection
My Nighthawk Router R700 keeps dropping signal. I've rebooted it, reset it and checked for updates. Still having problems. I've even done this with my modem. These are brand new, only 3 1/2 months o...
I tried 1.0.9.42 and several other Netgear stock firmwares. All same result WIFI 5 GHZ is completely unstable, drops connections, have to reboot the router to get to come back to life. I finally flashed Fresh Tomato as a last resort before replacing the router. Been up and stable for 4 days with no issues. Netgear needs to fix their crappy firmware.
That is EXACTLY the same problem I had with the defective AC1900. Thank you for bringing this up billscott92787 !
That's more than I was willing to do considering it was a brand new router fresh out of the box and I just dropped a good chunk of change for this.
The replacement AC1900 has been in place for the for past 5 days without ANY hitches.
Gneisguy13 Yeah idk what it is but Netgear products seem like garbage to be honest. Whenever I do replace my R7000 it definitely will not be with another Netgear router. I'll probably hop back on the Linksys train. I'm debating a WIFI 6 router but what I've read a lot of them seem unstable and buggy at the moment. So I'm hesitant to upgrade to WIFI 6 but the prices aren't that much different than WIFI5 so I would prefer to "futurize" my home network as opposed to dropping a good bit on another WIFI5 router and then having to upgrade to WIFI6 later.
billscott92787TBH, I don't even think Linksys is worth the money anymore either, especially after Cisco ruined them. The big companies that led the market 10+ years ago have been surpassed by vendors like ASUS and even Amazon.
A lot of my coworkers that also do personal Twitch streaming have either ASUS, Amazon or Google MESH. They are more expensive but have a lot less problems that traditional WiFi routers and extenders.
Okay so this seems to have solved my problem!
Go to http://192.168.1.1/WiFi_HiddenPage.htm and switch all avalible settings to "auto"
- What is Fresh Tomato? How do I get it?
Thanks so much MichaelKenward. Sorry but I am a little ignorant on this stuff. I see that the ARM is recomended for the R7000. When I click on it, there are 4 other folder that open up and I am not sure where to go from there. Can you please walk me through it? I would sincerely appreciate any help you can offer. Thanks so much!
