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R7000 Using Asuswrt-Merlin
I was sceptical about using 3rd party FW, Mainly because it was something outside of my comfort zone. Once you go ASUSWRT-Merlin You'll never go back. Up to six Guest with different times, dhcp lease...
I find it a very sad state for us more experienced users to have to resort to third party firmware (even a competitor's firmware like ASUSWRT-Merlin) because NETGEAR has no clue what people need in a router's firmware and instead of improving it, they dumb it down even more, sometimes even removing basic, core networking stuff. And don't get me started on the whole '90s looking firmware interface...
If you're reading this, NETGEAR, if you keep down this path, you'll soon be pushed into obsolescence. ASUS and TP-Link will continue to eat up your lunch every time and you will starve
@searay wrote:I was sceptical about using 3rd party FW, Mainly because it was something outside of my comfort zone. Once you go ASUSWRT-Merlin You'll never go back. Up to six Guest with different times, dhcp lease time, dual WAN, Parental controls, and it's just cool.
And, you can turn WPS off! ;)
I've been eyeing this firmware for a while now but recently switched to the R7800 and now my 3rd party FW hopes have diminished. :( And now on stock FW I'm experiencing a wired switch bug I've posted about in another thread. Now I am thinking of just getting another R7000. It was such a solid device for me even on stock FW. I've been loyal user DD-WRT for years but these newer firmware distros seem to be really powerful. How's your wireless performance? I know on some earlier DD-WRT builds, wireless performed worse than stock but some of the later Kong builds restored it. My stock R7800 gets about 450 - 550 Mbps from my NAS to my 2x2 AC Surface Pro 3, which is amazing. My R7000 got 300 - 400 typically. This makes me want to "borrow" my old R7000 from the parents for testing. :)