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R7000P firmware issues, etc.
I've been messing with my R7000P, AC2300 most of the night. A connected device has been dropping it's connection. The connections have been working perfect for a year on all devices until now. The...
> [...] A connected device [...]
What? "connected" how? Wired? Wireless?
> [...] has been dropping it's connection. [...]
"dropping [its] connection" to the R7000P, or to some web site on the
Internet, or what?
> The modem is pegged at 100 Mbps and will go over 200 Mpbs on a couple
> newer devices. [...]
By "The modem", do you mean the R7000P (a router, not a modem), or
some actual modem? Have you an actual modem? To what is the R7000P
connected?
> [...] the newest firmware update appears not to work right witht the
> Nighthawk app.
"Newest" and "best" are spelled differently for a reason. Netgear
router firmware does not improve monotonically.
> [...] I'm not sure why the one device is dropping. [...]
If only one device is affected, then I'd be looking at that device,
or for things which make it different from other devices (radio band,
geography, activities, ...).
> [...] Speed is going up and down all day.
That's pretty vague. "Speed" measured how, using which device(s)?
"up and down" between what and what?