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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.
I flashed DD-WRT onto my R7000 over the weekend and i've found its like having an entirely new device. Wifi speeds are better, range is better, i'm just finding so much better performance across my network having flashed it.
Just a word of warning though, This link posted earlier: http://desipro.de/ddwrt/K3-AC-Arm/dd-wrt.K3_R7000.chk only leads to Kongs personal test build, and I don't know if he has left extra debug stuff running but I found it slower than his normal release.
His regular release can be found here: ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/betas/2016/ - choose the latest version then the r7000 folder. Having flashed that it is like a night and day difference in performance.
Hmm sound good, how did you go changing the region? I'm from Australia, had a quick read and couldn't find a script to allow me to change it to Aus, anyone?
Thanks.
Are you referring to changing the region in stock firmware or DD-WRT?
If DD-WRT, it is under setup > wireless > basic settings and the option is Regulatory Domain
I am honestly disappointed I struggled with the stock firmware for so long, DD-WRT is so much better. I really cannot believe that Netgear get away with putting out such comparitivley shoddy official firmware when this 3rd party firmware is able to get such better performance out of it. Goes to show the actual hardware itself is actually very very good it is just let down by shoddy coding/firmware.
Perhaps Netgear should go down the route some other vendors have gone and just ship DD-WRT as standard.