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Why is there no DHCP Lease settings on a $200+ top tear router?
I need a Router with a DHCP Less time setting, I'm going to have to sell my R7000 or custom flash it becase a DHCP Lease time of 24hrs is a Very very short sighted setting. This setting causes 10's o...
The wheels on the Bus go round and round.................
At the moment, choosing a consumer product like R7000 is only to have the really basic features, hardware is fine.
If you want something more advanced you need to go to 3rd party firmaware (some of them buggy, I have tested all), if you want to got to Pro products better stick on x86 platform and pfSense (or other Firewall/Router OS).
If you need detailed LAN segmentations, VLANS, Guest LANS you need to go to Pro AP (Ubiquity) and managed Switch (i.e. top: Cisco SG300).
What I really don't understand is why Netgear is unable to balance consumer features with some few Pro features.
For istance, implement VLAN support, let's say, 4-8 VLANS in the firmware of R7000 (a $200 unit) is a minimum requirement. Implement some advanced switching features as well, without hurting the Netgear Switch offer.
The R7000 has a great hardware, make available some features (available with 3rd party FW) is the minimum to get the loyal customer happy and get their fidelity.
I use Netgear products since decades, I have been also a Beta tester
The complexity of my Home LAN has raised up, I need segmentation (few VLANS, 4 to be precise) for guests, I need reliable switching feature (Cisco SG300), I need reliable and powerful firewall (pfSense). I am going to buy an ubiquiti UniFi AC Pro (proper VLAN support at a really good price, 150€) to get the proper Wi-Fi segmentation via VLANs.
I am not talking of a corporate office, I have a lot of wired units (TV, Gaming consoles, Cameras etc), tens of Wireless Clients and you must manage them in a semi-professional way, you need semi-pro hardware.
Said that my R7000 will continue to be a dumb AP in a secondary area of my house.....
Majority crowd has problem even properly using basic vanilla router like R7000 and how are they going to use pro level stuff? They have some learning curve involved, no more PnP.