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leilamuthu
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Aug 12, 2020
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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...
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    leilamuthu
    Aug 21, 2020

    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 :(

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timdugan19
Tutor
Oct 06, 2020

Got it. Can anyone confirm if this latest firmware will resolve issue with the 5G wifi dropping intermittently? 

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leilamuthu
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Oct 06, 2020

The latest firmware () didn't solve it for me.

 

I've also tried downgrading and currently on 1.3.0.20, but still experiencing 5g drop outs 4-6 times every day.