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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.
You should review this and maybe revert back to this recommended version of FW:
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!
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.
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.
- That’s weird. I have no problem streaming to 3 or more devices in 4K. You might just have slow speeds from your isp? Im using AdvancedTomato. My subscription from my isp is 200/10. Speedtests say 230/10. I do just fine.
Interesting. Do you know your actual streaming bit rate on your three devices?
I have an internal IPTV network for streaming OTA video. I'm running nextPVR server software on a Windows 10 PC with a GB connection to the router. The first streaming wifi client is running Kodi on a Raspberry Pi. The second streaming wifi device is a Windows 10 laptop also running Kodi. The average streaming bit rate for both clients is 13Mbs. If you're able to stream at the same bitvrate as me, I'd be interested to see how you configured Tomato to achieve this.
