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R7000 dropping 5Ghz randomly
I was transitioned to work from home so I was able to finally notice this, but my 5Ghz connection on my router occasionally drops. During the course of my 9-10 hour shift, the connection drops around...
the general agreed upon decent firmware for the R7000 is 1.0.9.42.
the recently released version is still waiting feedback but the initial results aren't any better from what I've seen.
What modem is it from xfinity?
Try installing that firmware, factory reset again, and make sure to manually install.
CharlieS1900 wrote:Thanks for sharing the information on Linksys MR9000/AC3000. I checked the Bestbuy website but found the price of MR9000 went back to $250. Will monitor the price and get one.
Only the .42 version of the FW has worked so far. The latest .106 worked for a day but then dropped 5g for about 15 minutes the second day; and thus back to .42 again.
It looks like it's back in stock and for $150 again at Best Buy!!!
In summary, I actually had an older R7000 which worked fine and a year ago I purchased another R7000 which did not work well. My original, older R7000 is running on the latest firmware without any issues. The newer R7000 has been deprecated due to dropping 5Ghz connections and replaced with Asus AC5300 which is working fine.
I have no idea how to identify the differences between these two models as the label does not appear to show any obvious version number. Both devices were made in Vietnam.