Ok, I know there are a number of threads on this subject but you can add me to the list - I have had my D7000 Nighthawk less than 24 hours and i am already fed up with it constantly locking up.
The problems started out of the box - i immediately upgraded the firmware as recomended, everything seemed to eb going ok until i tried to reserve some IP addresses, the modem took this setting and completely ignored them, i could see the settings had saved but the router wouldnt assign those addresses to the devices even after the lease for the device had been renewed, or even the device restarted. Furthermore, during this process the router locked up several times and by locked up i mean all the pertinent LEDs were on and white, but i could no longer connected via wifi. Even a direct ethernet connection was not able to access to router.
So after much research i read that the IP reservation issue could be resolved by downgraded to the previous version of the firmware, which again was problematic because i couldnt get the router to stay active logn enough to download the file, then upload it to the router as it kept crashing. Eventually i managed and went back to V1.0.0.32_1.0.1, as is good practise in these scenarios i did a factory reset. I was then able to set up my reservations but sadly it did lock up a couple of times but i assumed this was because it just didnt like me setting as many reservations at once.
For a period everything was working ok, but sadly when i woke up this morning the router had frozen (as above, all LEDs on, no wifi or ethernet access). I have tried various things such as changing wifi channels, changing SSIDs but the thing is still locking up periodically. My final resort has been to entirely switch of wifi and return to using my Apple Airport for the generation of the wifi, with the D700 handling everything else, but i am not conifdent this will work.
I have to assume this is likely a faulty unit, but is there anything i have not yet tried which may help resolve the sitatuion before i take it back and get myself a modem/router that actually works?
