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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.
Just incase anyone is wondering, this is apparently STILL an issue. Thank you so much for the workaround. MU-MIMO was one of the reasons I went with this router, but oh well, I guess?
Agreed MIMO still an issue. But it'll never find a solution (not with netgear). The only reason a firmware was released about 6 months ago was beause netgear broke 'Attached Devices' with a previous firmware update and then had to release a newer firmware update to fix the previously broken update. After that last update nothing at all.
I wouldn't get your hopes up of a fix for MIMO as this will be up to individual manfacturers to fix each implimentation of MIMO.
- I installed the last stable build of dd-wrt and it's been 100% better. Previously had been doing the nightly betas but the unpredictable bugs got to me.
Does Smart Connect also have to de disabled for the workaround to work? I uncheck "Enable MU-MIMO" in Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings. The check box was located below the "WPS Settings" section which says next to it "(disabled when Smart Connect is enabled)" So since I've always had Smart Connect enabled, wouldn't MU-MIMO have been disabled?
Does Smart Connect also have to de disabled for the workaround to work?
I don't think so.. but I have smart connect disable because I don't want my clients jumping and switching between 2.4G and 5G every 5 seconds