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Feedback for R7000 New firmware 1.0.9.18
Hi All,
Please post here for any update/issue related to the latest firmware 1.0.9.18.
You should review this and maybe revert back to this recommended version of FW:
Alfikwrote:I've looked here again after a while and I can't belive the problem is still not solved....
Since I've flashed Tomato a few weeks ago I've forgotten that I have a router- it's working perfectly getting dust because i do not touch it at all :-)...
Parental control works perfectly, 0 drops, strong signal - save your time and do a similar thing!
My R7000 2.4GHz Wi-Fi dropped when I was away from home. No Google Cast up and running. No Oreo up and running. Just regular devices which were there before the firmware update. The R7000 firmware update did something wrong with our R7000 systems. I don't think we must blame other devices. Nothing changed in my environment, only the R7000 firmware.
Same issue here. All these disconnects started after the lastest fimware update. Was running flawless for over a year with 0 issues until this update.
- While they claim that is an issue, i have 2 Nexus players and an Galaxy S8 on Oreo and my setup was running fine for months until i updated to the .18 firmware.
- I did read the article. While there may be issues related to some Google products, i did not experience any problems for months until i updated the firmware on the R7000 to .18. I've had my S8 since May and Nexus Players updated to Oreo approx Sept 2017. My issues began within hours of the NG firmware update.
Whilst there are many references to using Google products and Android etc, I have none of these and can confirm that the issues highlighted in this (and other) threads only became apparent 'immedeatly' following the update to the latest version of the firmware. Not only on the R7000 router that is some years old, but on an R7800 router to which I ugraded the firmware straight out of the box.
Whilst the problem may be exagerated by Google, or other products, for me, it is clearly related to the NetGear firmware change - unless we want to start introducing Apple and Synology products to the mix as well.
- To save new people reading dozens of pages, if you want to stick with stock FW instead of Vortex or Tomato until NG puts out a fixed version nearly everyone has stability going back to 1.0.7.12 (March 2017), and some as far up as 1.0.9.6, but generally not after that. If you want 1.0.9.6 you will also have to turn off automatic updates after installing it.
Diggie3 wrote:
To save new people reading dozens of pages, if you want to stick with stock FW instead of Vortex or Tomato until NG puts out a fixed version nearly everyone has stability going back to 1.0.7.12 (March 2017), and some as far up as 1.0.9.6, but generally not after that. If you want 1.0.9.6 you will also have to turn off automatic updates after installing it.About 8 months ago my R7000 became unstable after a firmware upgrade. I never got it stable again, even returning to an old firmware. But test it yourself. I tried different alternative firmware versions and found XWRT-Vortex the best there is if you also want security patches.
I rolled back to FW version 1.0.9.10_1.2.21 five days ago, still ok, no drops.
