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R7000, Problems with Wireless devices connecting after latest firmware upgrade 1.0.6
I recently upgraded to the latest firmware offered for the R7000... The upgrade went well and my wired PC's all connected with no issues, but many of my wireless devices were not able to connect to ...
Hello,
I should let you know, I upgraded to v1.0.6 last night and everything worked. The difference is this time I had to Reset my router to factory settings using the hidden reset button at the back and hold it for about 7-10 seconds. This reset the router to factory settings. I then had to re-enter all of my IP address reservations and word block list, but all of my wireless devices were able to connect. The last time I had done the upgrade, I only rebooted the router, and i had read I had to do a Factory Reset to get it to work properly.
It would have been nice for Netgear to come up with a way to extract the Information form my previous version back-up... it would've saved me a lot of time...
Good Luck
Hello,
I should let you know, I upgraded to v1.0.6 last night and everything worked. The difference is this time I had to Reset my router to factory settings using the hidden reset button at the back and hold it for about 7-10 seconds. This reset the router to factory settings. I then had to re-enter all of my IP address reservations and word block list, but all of my wireless devices were able to connect. The last time I had done the upgrade, I only rebooted the router, and i had read I had to do a Factory Reset to get it to work properly.
It would have been nice for Netgear to come up with a way to extract the Information form my previous version back-up... it would've saved me a lot of time...
Good Luck
1.0.6.28 FIRMWARE IS HOSED !!!!!
Until today I truly hadn't had any issues with it. A few minutes ago I decided to turn off 2.4 and see how my network would handle it. I was shocked to see the Arlo SSID (netgear02-arlo_246656) pop up when checking INSSIDER. Make NO MISTAKE is was not there and hadn't been since disabling it last Sunday.
So I checked router setup and Arlo WAS STILL DISABLED. SO how the blank did it turn it self on? I'm seriously TIRED of wasting time doing YOUR job. TEST YOUR GD FIRMWARE.
I'm guessing some bod at netgear thought if you turned off 2.4Ghz then your arlo cameras would disconnect so it turns it on, not taking into account you had it turned off anyway, bad firmware I agree but since I use 2.4Ghz I have had no issues with this firmware at present. Instead of adding bloat like Arlo there are so many other useful features we could have had, shame. Asus has options in its firmware and the version you can add to the R7000, but Netgear just dont make any headway themselves. same tired GUI. Give me CPU useage, or a trend micro like setup which Asus has, not Arlo <sigh>
I updated (or downgraded, depending on how you look at it) one of my r7000's with this firmware on the weekend, did some quick 5ghz speedtest with my Android phone about 15 feet away, (as base measurement) between this firmware and latest Xvortex build. Xvortex had better 5ghz throghput. Backed out of Netgear firmware..
EDIT: Note to Netgear. Load some R7000's with some third party firmware. Have a look at this GUI presentation, and the types of settings that are being offered on your own hardware. Alot of user's are looking for more features / settings, out of this platform, not less..
