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Best firmware for R7000P?
What is the best firmware version for R7000P? After about 1 year of using my R7000P Nighthawk with no issues, all of a sudden 5Ghz decides to drop out 5-7 times a day. The logs show nothing of in...
Currently stuck using v1.3.0.20.
I've also had to switch some critcal devices to the 2.5GhZ network as I can't risk those devices continually dropped off on the 5GhZ network.
A real shame that this Netgear product has been a waste of hundreds of dollars :(
The ".42" version is for the R7000. Which is a different router from the R7000P.
The R7000P did get the netgear armor update.
A couple things you can try.
1. Rinstall the 1.3.2.124 firmware over an ethernet connection, factory reset the router after the reinstall/reboot, and then manually re-install the device (not from backup).
if it still has the issue, then:
2. Install version 1.3.0.20. This is the version prior to netgear armor. Not all devices played nice with Armor. maybe yours is one. Again, install over a hardwired connection, reset back to factory afterwards, and then manually reinstall it.
Thanks 'll give that a try and report back.
- Any luck? Same issue and I just got mine. Not one email back from Netgear. Disappoints me because i used to believe in them..slowly losing confidence.
I've put so much tome in it that my wife is complaining. Its like everyday, all weekend now for 2 weeks. I had read about the drops but i said..by now they have to had addressed them. Super mad with a sad face lol.No more luck here - also super mad + super sad face too.
Still running on one of their earliest firmware versions and the 5GhZ network still drops out multiple times every hour.
My whole household has now permanently stopped using the 5GhZ network. Which is such a waste of money - the dual band functionality is the only reason why I spent a couple of hundred dollars on this Netgear.
I'm going to call NetGear today and claim against the hardware warranty.