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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...
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.
Yep. I have exactly the same problem with the same router (R7000P). Wired connections seem stable, but every now and then wifi drops for all devices on the network. Weirdly enough if I disable wifi on one of those devices for a moment and re-enable, everything springs back to life.
I've disabled dynamic QoS, which seemed to help a bit... but it was a feature I'd like to use.
I've considered disabling Smart Wifi and/or MU-MIMO... but they're also features I'd like to keep. Particularly the Smart Wifi, other wise I would have gotten a mesh kit. It would be nice if the features on the box worked. Parental controls are handy, but also a bit buggy.
The router I got was a repack in the store... seems someone else had the same issue with the same router. If I was to return I'd get a different router (not Netgear).
Just try disabling the MIMO feature.. .you'll find all the other issues go away and you'll be able to use all the other features you're talking about.
Will try disasbling MIMO and see what happends for a while.
Same here. Got a new razr blade 15 and realized that every time I turned it on, I had about 10-15 minutes of wifi and then all wifi connected devices would drop. After a little research I found that the cpu i this razr blade 15 laptop, Intel Core i7-8750H, has this great new "feature". Googling around I found this post and disabled MU-MIMO, boom, problem solved.
Thank you so much for posting this and doing all the troubleshooting. So glad you were able to reproduce the issue as I was not directly other than just using my laptop for a few minutes waiting for all wireless devices to lose connection. Incredible.
P.S. I got excited when I saw that there were logs on the router...then I looked at them and realized...they were zero help.
