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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.
It's been almost 30 days since I've turned off mu-mimo and turned on QoS - so far so good (knock on wood) re: wifi connection stability. I haven't bothered with logs tho' so I can't say 100% for sure but day-to-day uptime has been pretty solid. Still this is not exactly confidence inspiring by any stretch of the imagination for this product.
The regulars over on the networking sub-reddit frequently recommend the ubiquiti amplifi line so I just might give that a try. Not exactly cheap but might be worth the extra $ since I'm so tired of spending countless hours troubleshooting.