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JamesGL's avatar
JamesGL
Master
Dec 19, 2017
Solved

Feedback for R7000 New firmware 1.0.9.18

Hi All,   Please post here for any update/issue related to the latest firmware 1.0.9.18. 
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  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Mar 08, 2018

    You should review this and maybe revert back to this recommended version of FW:

    https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/R7000-1-0-9-26-Feedback-Thread/m-p/1520141#M85677

     

    Alfikwrote:

    I've looked here again after a while and I can't belive the problem is still not solved....

    Since I've flashed Tomato a few weeks ago I've forgotten that I have a router- it's working perfectly getting dust because i do not touch it at all :-)...

     

    Parental control works perfectly, 0 drops, strong signal - save your time and do a similar thing!

     

rogier64's avatar
rogier64
Luminary
Jan 06, 2018

After a lot of trouble with several late  firmware versions for my R7000 (not stable, dropping WAN access frequently, 2.4GHz connecting issues, etc) I decided to flash an alternative firmware. I'm now using XWRT-Vortex based on AsusWRT-Merlin. I love it, absolutly stable and all issues are gone. First I was sceptical, tought it was a hardware issue with my router and was looking for a new one. For those who are desperate you can give it a try, you won't regret it. I'm on FW version R7000_380.69. 

  • ablatt's avatar
    ablatt
    Apprentice
    Jan 06, 2018

    I'm not sure what the security ramifications are but just know that the Vortex firmware is hosted on a Russian site and is not open source.

    • HWAM's avatar
      HWAM
      Apprentice
      Jan 06, 2018
      ablatt That scares me too. I rather use Tomato.
      • jmooremcc's avatar
        jmooremcc
        Aspirant
        Jan 08, 2018

        I tried 3rd party firmware Tomato by Shibby and had a major problem streaming 2 or more devices simultaneously while connected to the 5GHz WiFi. The device connected to the 5GHz channel was streaming video at an average rate of 13 Mbs with no problem. The moment I connected a second video streaming device, the first device started freezing, pausing and skipping. This behavior is obviously not acceptable so I reverted back to stock firmware which has no problem with 2 devices streaming simultaneously. 

    • rogier64's avatar
      rogier64
      Luminary
      Jan 06, 2018

      XWRT-Vortex is being discussed on the LinksysInfo.org forum and found to be save by many users. Sure, there is no guarantee but you'll never know what Netgear is doing. You can turn off data collection, but is it really off, are you're sure there is no backdoor? Tomato or DD-WRT is fine but it has a lot of settings. Not easy for an avarage user.

       

      • Alfik's avatar
        Alfik
        Aspirant
        Jan 06, 2018

        I've been a happy user of latest Tomato by Shibby for 2 weeks- very responsive and easy to setup- tip for an average user- just do not touch the parametres you do not understand- leave them as default.....

        I thought that wifi range was a bit shorter compare to original soft, but played again with 5GHz setup (set region to US and channel above 100) and now everything works great....

        For me the best option to survive current Netgear's problems..... The only problem is, that you may not want to come back to original firmware.. :-)