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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.
For anyone else that purchased a camera expecting to be able to use Arlo without a standalone Arlo hub, I suggest you contact Netgear Support and reference that you're having issues with Arlo when using the R7000 as a base station pertaining to the now officially unavailable firmware. You will be taken care of particularly if you now have standalone cameras and no available standalone base station. My current understanding is that they are currently abandoning Arlo functionality in the R7000. They likely didn't do thorough enough testing to try and represent the variety of possible network configurations and clients used from customer to customer. The Arlo functionality appears to cause far more issues and instability than anything else. Plus, I for one am tired of resetting and reconfiguring my router to troubleshoot non-core router functionality. I am, however, happy with the resolution offered by Netgear Support.
- Where did you hear they are abandoning Arlo support? I know they pulled the latest FW version that had it, but only because it caused so many problems. What I do object to is that the Arlo feature was turned on by default, although this itself probably isn't the root of the problems people encountered. I imagine that a very small percentage of the users actually are interested in Arlo support. I think it should have been off by default, but plainly visible in the setup so that anyone who does want that feature can easily turn it on.
- Totally agree, Arlo support should be turned OFF by default. You don't see Access Control, VPN, Parental Controls, etc., ON by default because vanilla configurations should be as simple and barebones as possible. That was a bad decision by Netgear, and probably a decision driven by marketing. That being said, I'm still interested in Arlo support for the R7000. Heck, before they added support in this firmware release, I didn't even know what Arlo was and never considered using Arlo cameras. But now I plan on picking up an Arlo Wire-Free camera b/c it's so convenient; so hopefully they don't remove support. I noticed they've removed the Arlo FAQs for the R7000. I get "access denied" on the Netgear site when trying to access the webpage. I'm definitely bummed about this firmware being so buggy, but I can live with the current workaround. Hopefully in the next week or two they'll have this straightened out and release a stable firmware. Regardless, I know I'll have to do a factory reset and re-apply all my settings just to make sure there's no weird junk left over from this buggy release. *fingers-crossed* they don't take away Arlo support.
Well, since Netgear has pulled / deleted / removed all verison of 1.0.5 and 1.0.6 firmware for the Nighthawk R7000 as of today 2/13/16, does this mean the Arlo support is pulled forever - or will it come back?
