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R8500 Firmware
After trying all firmware versions even beta, and still having issues (wifi dropping out, having to reset every day to get it to do anything) and now started happening with original firmware , I have ...
- No problem, and seems like once again I am satisfied with this open source firmware... mainly because it's more stable then netgear firmware which sucks because I have always used netgear products and always liked their firmware.... oh well, until firmware is stable and able to do everything they advertise without causing headaches, I will be using open source firmware even though it is above my level of experience as well.... bottom line: netgear firmware is easy to use but unstable on R8500 and dd-wrt open source takes a lot more knowledge but seems to be stable... Hope this helps
Frustrated too and nervous about adding a third party firmware to my expensive new router. I realize it's only been a couple of days but how is it working? Did you get the guest network working?
So far it actually seems to be pretty stable. Still not able to get guest network up and running, I can connect but no internet on guest networks, of course I really haven't had a chance to look into it more, kinda new to open source and am pretty confident I just haven't nailed down all the settings for the guest networks to work. All in all though, actually being able to use it without being frustrated is a little relaxing so I'm not to worried about it at the moment. Maybe this weekend I'll get a little more time to have a look if I'm not shoveling the snow.