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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,
I've been considering Asuswrt-Merlin as well for my r7000. You've a had a few days of run-time with it now, have you had any issues or concerns?
I have been running this firmware since the initial release. I have had no issues with any of the firmware releases. However, I run my R7000's in AP mode. 380.59 is solid. 380.61 just came out. Some user's have identified issue's with IPV6 on Comcast. Best to post specific question on the forum - be sure to review the changelogs for more info.
I had been using XWRT Vortex up until 2 releases ago when it started to drain the battery on my Galaxy J5. Couldn't find a fix except for reverting to a previous version... but instead I loaded Tomato (which also gives me an easy way to set up VLANs and Guest network with bandwidth limiting) and been happy ever since. Range and speed is the same as on Vortex and battery drain has disappeared (I do now up to 7 days on a charge, with little use of the phone)