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R7000 Support, Info & Firmware #EPIC Article
Visit this #Epic article for the latest support, product info and firmware support for the AC1900 WiFi Router (R7000). R7000 is an 802.11ac (WiFi 5) dual band router, supporting AC1900 (600+1...
My R7000 unexpectedly performed a factory reset on its own. The logs now show unending failed WLAN login attempts. Could I have been hacked?
It really is a shame how Netgear has managed to take a good running router and turn it into a pile of sh... I bought one when they first came out and after the usual couple of firmware updates it ran like expected. Never a reboot unless a firmware update. A r8000 and r8000p showed me how far they have fallen. In my case I decided to go toward commercial and everything just works. Never a reboot required unless firmware update and have coverage I only dreamed about before.
My device is still on an external timer set up to turn it off every night at 3am, since:
Netgear can't be bothered to use the watchdog timer that's built into the SOC in this device.
AND
Netgear can't be bothered to include a (relatively standard) scheduled reboot feature.
I'm so glad I bought this used, so I know never to buy a Netgear router again.
