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New R7000 Firmware Version 1.0.11.100
It's been a while but finally NG has released a new firmware for R7000! :smileyhappy: R7000 Firmware V1.0.11.100_10.2.100 Download: https://kb.netgear.com/000061805/R7000-Firmware-Version-1-0...
I don't think anyone can pretend this new firmware update is perfect. Indeed I've experienced an issue others have discovered, i.e. the 'Enable Router PIN' cannot be unchecked because when 'Apply' is pressed, it just stays checked. Clearly a software bug that needs addressing.
I actually had a drop out last night, but that was an ISP issue. The current Covid lockdown is clearly having a major effect on the amount of users on the internet. My Draytek Vigor 130k modem dropped out causing me to lose connectivity. When the internet came back up, I logged into the admin page and discovered that the NTP server had dropped and was showing the wrong time and date. The warning highlighted in red at the top of the NTP settings box has typos in it. I'm not defending Netgear here at all. There shouldn't be typos or poor use of English anywhere, it's sloppy and looks unprofessional. Netgear need to get their developers to have a look at this latest release and check it again.
As for the bones of the firmware update itself, well personally, I'm not having any issues with it and there's really not much else I could say. Obviously other users don't appear to be so lucky, I'm just baffled why some owners are claiming to be experiencing major problems when others aren't.
@Portwey i’m just curious if you have separate ssids for your 2.4 and 5ghz bands. If so, do you experience any drop outs on your 5ghz band? I’m not having much issues other than the 5ghz band losing connection.. sometimes it comes back by itself and sometimes not.
spcrickyes, I do have separate SSID's for 2.4 and 5g standard and guest networks. I have done this so I can protect certain aspects of my network from any potential issues, hence why my media streamers, ip cameras, network printer etc are on the guest network. I don't suffer from 5g dropouts on either standard or guest networks.
WiFi as you are undoubtedly aware, can be affected by all sorts of environmental factors. I live in a quiet suburban street, the house next door to me is currently empty, so I'm not getting any in interference there. I've made use of a WiFi analyser to pick the best channels.
I currently have 10 appliances on my 5g network split between standard and guest networks and it doesn't seem to be overloading my 5g WiFi at all.
I'll just mention about 2.4g, I'm very impressed with the range on this frequency. I can sit out in my back garden and my R7000 pushes out a very stable signal.
Lol! you'd think I was living in the land of milk and honey with my router on this new firmware, but to be honest, I can't moan too much at it because it's not giving me any reason to roll back to v.64, which is what I was on before the update.
I wish I can say the same haha... so far 42 is still the best firmware for me and it gives me no issues on my configuration.