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R7000 latest Firmware update
Hi all,just joined and am new to the forums. Have had my router a few years and have always updated the firmware after I recieived email from Netgear by going into the router settings on my d...
Ok, if your on V1.0.9.88_10.2.88 then you're 5 firmware updates behind what is currently available.
Asking which is the most stable firmware, will not necessarily be the best option, though reading through the umpteen threads on this community from folks complaining about similar issues, then someone is undoubtedly going to 'advise' you, to download v.42, which is now about 4 years old and more than likely, a security vulnerability. I'm not advising you to downgrade, merely letting you know that is what lots of folks claim they've done to give them a functioning R7000 AC1900.
Personallly, I've never had an issue with my router which was manufactured in 2019 and I'm more than happy to upgrade to each new firmware as it comes out. And as far as the firmware upgrades are concerned, forget your router or Nighthawk App telling you whether or not an upgrade is available or otherwise, because that function just doesn't appear to work, well it hasn't ever worked on my router anyway.
If you are going to update (or downdate) your firmware, then my personal advice is, do it hardwired over ethernet, don't do it wirelessly. I follow the same procedure every single firmware update, disconnect all of my devices, disable wireless in the router browser GUI for both 2.4 and 5ghz bands, connect my router directly to my laptop and upload the firmware from my desktop. Never had an issue yet. No multiple reboots or hard resets which some seem to favour.
This is the link for the latest firmware and I've been using this firmware since it was released with zero issues:
https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/R7000/R7000-V1.0.11.123_10.2.100_hotfix.zip
Good luck.
Thanks I'll give the new one a go. I'm all for updating to the newest, but since this is the first time updating this router I merely meant "stable" as in public released and not some beta version (if that was even an option with Netgear routers).