R7000P drops WIFI connections frequently

I'm finding that the r7000P frequeently drops client wifi connections. I have two PIxel 2XL's that frequently get booted off the 5GHz wifi whenever you put any demand on the router. The symptoms are...

joejoeinc
Jun 23, 2019
After many hours of troubleshooting, I've found that disabling the MU-MIMO function on the R7000P gives my devices a stable connection.

Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Setting > [Disable MU-MIMO]. Apply.

I have been able to transfer several large files from a wifi device to a wired device without constant dropouts/disconnections at the expense of actually being able to use the MU-MIMO functions of the router.

There are either issues in the way Netgear has implemented MU-MIMO or an incompatibility issue with some other wifi devices on the network. Since I replaced the r7000P with a new one I suspect it's an issue in the Netgear router not my devices (I can't confirm this though as I don't have a different make/model MU-MIMO router to test).

Since MIMO is one of the main selling point for this router this also raises a few new questions.

Blaubmania

Tutor

Sep 11, 2019

I have bought it, last week, update fw, but same issue that wifi is dropping. I see it when i transfer large files.
I have deactivate MIMO, now wifi works correct.
Very bad support from Netgear!!! I think it was a bad choice to buy this product :(
Thank you for your workaround, without it i had to search hours to find the problem.

Blaubmania

Tutor

Sep 11, 2019

Did someone have the Problem, when deactivate MIMO, the wifi speed is very slow. With MIMO 40MB/s, without 8MB/s?

Blaubmania
Tutor
Sep 11, 2019
Speed Problem, resolved after reset again the Router. What a crab...
Deactivate again MIMO, now everything works fine, no wifi drop anymore. It will be nice if Netgear fix the MIMO Problem.

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R7000P drops WIFI connections frequently