R7000 drop outs and slow wifi - Firmware

DamagedDingo  Well you have more patience than most! Depending on where in the world you happen to be, the effects of the multitude of firmwares Netgear has released for this product, can seemingly vary from user experience. This forum is littered with hundreds of posts about the R7000 firmware. I can assure you, there are far more capable home routers out there. It just depends if you want to spend the money or trust your ISP to come up with a home router solution that works. I took the plunge and bought a bang up to date tri-band router and I've not had a single issue with it. You'd really have to ask the firmware boffins who keep pushing out multiple releases for this router why their firmware is causing problems. The fact they release so many firmware updates is enough to set alarm bells ringing anyway, especially if they cause more issues than they solve. The R7000 is a decade old concept and it shows.