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R7000 can’t establish and internet connection from fiberbox
Hi guys Been using R7000 for years no problem Recently I moved to turkey and took my router with me They got fiver setup over here where a small fibre modem connects to the fiber line and the usual...
Portwey84 wrote:Jojonono I'll give you the most honest answer you'll probably get. Buy a new up to date router. I just did, and it's absolutely miles ahead of the R7000 in every respect, but then the R7000 is a decade old conceived model. There comes a point when you just gotta let go. I apologise if that isn't particularly helpful in solving your immediate problem and of course buying a new router involves money, but honestly, it's probably the best option.
i pretty much might as well do that, i have the NETGEAR Nighthawk RAX200 currently on my amazon cart and thinking of getting that model just not sure because wifi 6e seems a bit too early or so i have in mind ! ive been constantly been told for ages to stay away from Wi Fi 6 on SNBF and the technology wasnt matture enough and its heavily lacking and stick with your R7000, but i might pretty much do...! now we have 6e lol !...
jojonono2 When I got my R7000 a couple of years back, I thought it was the best router I'd used, especially when compared to the ISP provided junk, which are so locked down, you can do basically nothing with them which I guess is fine for 95 percent of the general home user. When I purchased the R7000, I was at a former address and the internet came into the house via copper wire and top speed amounted to just about 50mbps. The router was running through a Draytek Vigor modem and although there were obvious limitations, it was absolutely fine for the environment it was set up in.
Then the frequent firmware updates started. For the most part, I had no issues after each update, in fact, it was all relatively simple. But then the updates, which for the most part seemed absolutely pointless, just became a joke in my eyes. Anyway, a few months ago, I moved into a new build home with fibre built into the premises and, subject to the relevant monthly fee, download speeds from 150 to 900mbps. Quite simply, from that point onward, the R7000, although no longer required to be shackled to the Draytek modem because it was now just plugged into the ONT, just wasn't cutting it for all of the devices I now had connected to it. On top of that, my Wife is now a full time home worker connected to the internet all day for work purposes. My problems started when I rebuilt my desktop and put a WiFi6 motherboard into it. Whenever it connected via 5ghz WiFi band, it just destroyed my Wife's internet connection and the R7000 would just drop all of the connections, so I had to stop using my desktop whilst she was working.
So I decided to go for a tri-band router, and in my case, after looking at all of the offerings from both Netgear and others, I opted for a TP-Link gaming router. Quite simply, the replacement has been a complete success. My Wife can now work using either 2ghz or one of the 5ghz WiFi channels, and I can happily use my WiFi6 desktop on the 2nd 5ghz WiFi band without the whole lot crashing. Other benefits include a much stronger WiFi signal throughout my home, a browser GUI that is super easy to navigate and use (unlike the Netgear GUI) and a decent enough iOS App which enables me to remotely manage my network better in my opinion, than the Nighthawk App did with the R7000. Anyway, I think I've future proofed my setup for some considerable time going forward.
I hope you manage to sort your situation out.