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XR700 Constant Issues with DHCP
Running the latest Firmware with the hotfix and still having issues with this router. It refuses to give out IP addresses after a reboot. Devices cant connect due to no IP given. If I set one static ...
Any news on this this fix?
ShadowMelt NG are actively looking into the issue and combing over all the data they have received from the community so I suspect that they will be able to fix this for the next version but I don't have an ETA on that.
Hi Netduma
Firstly this is not to you as i know that you have been so very helpful and have kept us all updated. This is feedback to Netgear.
Over a year a go this thred was created and we are told, it will be fixed.
If this was a car, and it couldnt do a fundemental role which is expected of a car, like lock the doors, then it would of been recalled and fixed.
This is a very expensive piece of kit, and it is faulty. It isnt fit for purpose as it doesnt work!
How much longer do we have to wait for a resolution?
From my perspective, we have all been considerate and accepting of the position of Netgear. We have believed the constant "soon" comments. Apart from requesting a RMA, i don't know what else to do.
So after a year and a half of issues with the XR700... I've ditched it as the DHCP host on my network.
I've replaced it with a Raspberry Pi 4, running Pihole as a DNS ad blocker and DHCP host all in one. It's only been a day so far, but everything looks to be working. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pihole+dhcp <--- Use some of these videos to learn how
Will keep people updated if I experience any problems... Using this method, I still get to keep the Plex built in on the router and the Pi doesn't add alot to the electric bill.
We shouldn't have to do this. But Netgear and Netduma will never fix the DHCP in their firmware.... and it's becoming quite clear now that they don't know how to fix it.
Ramjet
- Is there any news on this from netgear team?
- I haven't heard any new news but I'll ask the team and see how they're getting on with it. I assure you they will be fixing this, issues like these are not always clear and can take significant debugging
RamjetX wrote:So after a year and a half of issues with the XR700... I've ditched it as the DHCP host on my network.
I've replaced it with a Raspberry Pi 4, running Pihole as a DNS ad blocker and DHCP host all in one. It's only been a day so far, but everything looks to be working. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pihole+dhcp <--- Use some of these videos to learn how
Will keep people updated if I experience any problems... Using this method, I still get to keep the Plex built in on the router and the Pi doesn't add alot to the electric bill.
We shouldn't have to do this. But Netgear and Netduma will never fix the DHCP in their firmware.... and it's becoming quite clear now that they don't know how to fix it.
Ramjet
Ditto. I now use my NAS as DHCP.