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R7000 New Firmware 1.0.6.28 released
New Features: Supports Arlo camera. Set up the R7000 as an Arlo base station and connect an Arlo camera to the R7000 without needing an extra base station.. Bug Fixes: Fixes the issue in which ...
If you are going backwards in release number you might still have them (that is from one of the older recalled beta's). However there is NO guarantee they will work. In cases like that you have to RESET the router and then re-apply manually your setting for proper operation.
If you are moving up from and older official release, like V1.0.4 or older you don't need to reset the router but it is advised. In this case I'd give it a try, have any problems, reset and re-enter is the first thing to try. DO NOT load saved settings from any other version into a new one. That seems to be asking for trouble these days.
Upgraded to this release and then the 2.4GHz SSID would always fail to authenticate on multiple devices from PC to iPad to Mac to Amazon Fire. Investigated the issue using WiFi analyser on Android phone and noted that the 2.4GHz non-Guest non-Arlo SSID existed twice with two different MAC addresses, one marked Netgear and the other marked Local Admin (which I believe indicates the vendor mac identifier). Trying to connect always resulted in an authentication problem reported on the Android phone. I reverted to 1.0.5 and immediately everything was fine and the strange duplicate SSID was no longer present.
Seems clear to me that this firmware has a major bug with SSID handling likely generated by the addition of the ARLO capability. Seems I need to wait for the next release after this.
I just checked my network with WiFi Analyzer on Android and I only see one mac address each for 5G, 2.4G and 2.4G Guest. But, my phone frequently looses internet access on either of my two non-guest networks. If I switch over to the other one, I'm back in business. Annoying but not a show stopper. Most of my stuff is on a wired network. I also saw the problem with my previous FW, which I don't recall. I wonder if there is a partern here. Also, I have had Arlo disabled since the first post in this thread.
It Seems the gui is slow that 5.4 series firmware. Its more sluggish nowadays than centria.
Hope it will get fixed next update.
Just adding to the long list of issues here in case someone is curious (or hasn't been stated already)...
I'm unable to disable the 5Ghz radio - oddly enough, if I choose the option to hide the SSID, it no longer appears, however with the combination of the two (or just the radio being off), the 5Ghz is still broadcasting its SSID - while you're unable to connect, it's an annoyance nonetheless. In testing this, the Arlo SSID would also randomly appear (at least it appears random), despite having Arlo disabled.
