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R7000 Major and constant Packet Loss Issues
A few months back I decided to upgrade my xfinity provided modem/router, I never had ANY problems with it but wanted to stop renting it I bought the R7000 and an ARRIS SB6190 modem. Ever since th...
Interesting, I did not know this was an option, so I could plug this into an outlet in my room and run the ethernet directly into my pc?
Yes, powerline works like that.
With the r7000, we used to have to recommend that users with issues used the 1.0.9.42 version. I haven't had to do it in a while because the newer ones have been pretty solid. But maybe yours is one with issues. Have you tried the older version of firmware?
I have not yet, ive only tried to do a factory reset. Is it complicated to roll back to older firmwares?
bashro wrote:
I have not yet, ive only tried to do a factory reset. Is it complicated to roll back to older firmwares?
Dead easy.
Visit the support pages:
Support | NETGEAR
Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware.
That page will also have any software, firmware and drivers for your device, if they exist.
Check the section in the manual on updating the firmware.Or read this:How do I manually upgrade firmware to my NETGEAR router? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
