No internet access after installing firmware update 1.0.4.18

TerryPh, when I was looking to replace the R7000 I wanted an upgrade... The R7000 had all the features I wanted. I was 'happy' with NG as I've had other vendors routers and I didn't think 'they' or the vendor's support was any better, so a NG router was OK. I did want a speed increase. Both the R7000 and R8000 have the same CPU. I did find a review with this:

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Both Nighthawks have 1GHz CPU’s. Essential for processing the wireless Gigabit data flows, concurrent sessions, Quality of Service etc. The X6 R8000 does have another trick up it’s sleeve though. It has 3 offload processors, which take the strain off the main dual core. Gigabit networks can take their toll on network hardware, so having offload processors is a very welcome relief!

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I personally think that is where the possible problems lie, the offload processors (not really sure what they are either?) and how they work and coordinate data movement.

From my experience, both routers seem to have the same 'amount' of false positives in the log. I had thought that was due to the CPU losing track of a packet, either in or out, due to congestion or stress. If that is the case, those offload processors would surely cure this. Didn't happen... matter of fact, I can't find ANY info on those offload processors, what they are and how they help?

That DEBUG.HTM on the R7000 woudl show the CPU load, really missing that in the R8000.

Basically the R7000 is about 4 1/2 years old, should have been quite stable by now. Still, programmers seem capable of messing up what fixing security holes and minor changes. The R8000 is 4 years old, and I'd expect it to be stable as well. It certainly seems to have many less firmware releases than the R7000. From what it seems to me, the R8000 is basically an R7000 with 2 5Ghz radio's. I'd suspect any 'design' problems that the initial R7000 had would have been overcome, and probably more RAM and NVRAM were included.

I think NG has to really look at the firmware and discover why some have no problems (with minimal enabling of features) and others that enable more have problems. I don't think it is the features themselves that are the problem, as they do work 'alone' or with less other 'stuff' enabled it seems.

We can only hope they do....