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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.
Hi everyone, i wish to provide my feedback on R7000. So i own this device since 2 years now and i've tried every firmware out there because i basically wanted a nas in my router and stock firmware didn't provide enough features for me. Now i'm back to stock since transmission(aka netgear downloader) was added to it. My experience with all firmwares and 1.06.28 has always been rock solid, i didn't experience any of the issues people on this thread posted so i think that the problems people are facing might be related to hardware somehow. People who buy R7000 today might have slightly different hardware than those who bought it on release or whatever.
Confirm. On my router too i experience no issues on all FW's (officially released 1.0.6.28 and latest beta FW's)
Most of the user's problems on this forum is the reluctance to reset their router's to factory default after upgrading firmware (this version or others).
do You think reset after upgrade or before ? :)
I do both but if you only do one, always after...
netwrks wrote:Most of the user's problems on this forum is the reluctance to reset their router's to factory default after upgrading firmware (this version or others).
Please STOP perpetuating this myth! I take a lot of umbrage with this comment, because there are tens or hundreds or thousands of us who do not have the bandwidth to sit here on this message board and debunk you and a few others, and we spent a LOT of time resetting and re-configuring our R7000s while you sit there and contribute to the misinformation.
What is clear from this debacle is that Netgear has two issues
1) Netgear had severely under-resourced the continued support and development of their products to get to the scenario where we are now
2) There are critical faults in communication amongst Netgear development, QA, and support staff teams
Dear moderators, I know you are trying your best and it's at least clear some changes were made in your approach (for the better!) following the pulling of the broken firmwares. The suggestion I might make is for every post where you recommend a firmware, old, new, or beta, please link to the firmware you are recommending. There are too many posts here where something was said as posted previously, and then we have to go dig or search through hundreds of messages to find what was being referenced, particularly with multiple competing versions. Then we are left scratching our heads when there are links posted from random people to Dropbox files, which is weird enough as it is when it's officially coming from Netgear staff.
One hypothesis: my (breaking) R7000 is used in a highly saturated, dense, urban environment with lots of wifi and bluetooth and wireless signals clashing throughout. Perhaps the reason some of us are impacted whlie others are not has to do with this environment vs those in the boonies with clear airwaves. Just a thought because I've seen it before.
Thank you
Cat6aPlease wrote:
netwrks wrote:Most of the user's problems on this forum is the reluctance to reset their router's to factory default after upgrading firmware (this version or others).
Please STOP perpetuating this myth! I take a lot of umbrage with this comment, because there are tens or hundreds or thousands of us who do not have the bandwidth to sit here on this message board and debunk you and a few others, and we spent a LOT of time resetting and re-configuring our R7000s while you sit there and contribute to the misinformation.
What is clear from this debacle is that Netgear has two issues
1) Netgear had severely under-resourced the continued support and development of their products to get to the scenario where we are now
2) There are critical faults in communication amongst Netgear development, QA, and support staff teams
Dear moderators, I know you are trying your best and it's at least clear some changes were made in your approach (for the better!) following the pulling of the broken firmwares. The suggestion I might make is for every post where you recommend a firmware, old, new, or beta, please link to the firmware you are recommending. There are too many posts here where something was said as posted previously, and then we have to go dig or search through hundreds of messages to find what was being referenced, particularly with multiple competing versions. Then we are left scratching our heads when there are links posted from random people to Dropbox files, which is weird enough as it is when it's officially coming from Netgear staff.
One hypothesis: my (breaking) R7000 is used in a highly saturated, dense, urban environment with lots of wifi and bluetooth and wireless signals clashing throughout. Perhaps the reason some of us are impacted whlie others are not has to do with this environment vs those in the boonies with clear airwaves. Just a thought because I've seen it before.
Thank you
Yeah, as any vendor, NG has their fair share of firmware problems.. It's no myth. The logic is very simple, actually. Not only NG, but other vendor's suggest the same thing. Reason being is this.. The only way to correctly load any new drivers, or any new features is is to do a factory reset. The reset gets rid of old config and firmware artifacts.. So, myth busted!!
I run various flavours of firmware, stock and 3rd party. Mostly 3rd party firmware actually. I can change back and forth between stock, and 3rd party firmware, all day long, and not have any issues. Never had an issue. And if I do, then I know where to point the finger. Same goes with configs with different firmware versions, for obvious reasons, you would not load an old config, with new firmware.
And for all you people too lazy to follow this advice, and whine because you have to re-configure your router, alI can say is, enjoy your pain. If this stuff is over your head, then buy a product that you actually manage, or pay someone to manage it for you.
Oh, and I don't live in the boonies!!! But, here's a tip. If you live in a heavily populated wireless area, upgrade your stuff and migrate to 5ghz, or better yet, buy Ethernet cables and plug in!
