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demonic1
Dec 28, 2016Star
Status:
Engineering Investigation
Never rebuild a configuration from scratch again!
I understand that a developing product needs updates. Sometimes these updates require changes to what data is expected for an element of the settings config. As a customer, when a firmware update i...
HMunster
Apr 16, 2018Aspirant
A method to export block list would be awesome, along with access to more advanced settings.
The webgui for the R7500 is terrible, cluttered, multiple pages for basic settings even. I miss the original netgear gui from the old days. Fast, efficient and uncluttered.
The R7500 V2 is my first netgear router in over ten years, always read glowing reviews of the nighthawk series, but never wanted to shell out that much for a wifi router.
This idea seems like a no brainer for a supposedly higher end consumer router. I do not think netgear really cares anymore. They have commoditized their brand and their sales are completely dependant upon name recognisition not quality or performance.
Netgear was once a very good router, among the top two or three for sure.
They now know that most consumers know little or nothing about networking or computing in general and this works to their benefit. The few percent of people (like users of this forum) are really not their "target market"