R7000P drops WIFI connections frequently

joejoeinc, I suspect the problem would be more on the client side, it can't handle MU-MIMO and it drops it as the router changes how it operates.

Some interesting reading;

https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-features/33100-why-you-don-t-need-mu-mimo

From it:

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So the router end of MU-MIMO is a hot mess and support on the device end is nothing to write home about. But it doesn't end there. It turns out Broadcom also screwed up on the device side of MU-MIMO. Another little secret widely known by industry insiders, but by few consumers, is that Broadcom's 2x2 MU-MIMO client-side devices fall back to 1x1 mode when connected to a MU-MIMO enabled router. This happens with both Qualcomm and Broadcom-based routers; the problem is on the client side.

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Yes, that article is almost 2 years old, not knowing the state of the device with the problem (chipset and driver date) it is possible it caused the problem here (and with your situation). Not sure when the 'fallback' happens, but that cause a break in transmission and loss of the transfer even I guess?

Another 2 year old article, https://www.howtogeek.com/242793/what-is-mu-mimo-and-do-i-need-it-on-my-router/

A little different as it explains that 'pauses' in transmission can occur... and again, did the device just drop the link?

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The main benefit here is that instead of each stream being periodically (albeit very, very briefly) interrupted by the time it takes for the carousel to spin around once, a MU-MIMO router can keep its signal constant for those four devices, and fairly distribute the bandwidth to each without compromising the speed of any of the others at the same time.

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Again, this could point back to the device not handling it?

We don't even know how many MU-MIMO devices the OP has or how many were operating at the same time?

One of the reasons I decided against the R8000P.

Thank you for the great tip on disabling the MU-MIMO feature from my R7000p. After disabling it, my wifi connectivity on all devices is now much stabler. Although I did upgrade the firmware on my R7000p to the latest Firmware Version v1.3.1.64_10.1.36; it did not resolve the issue I was having since deployment of this high-tech gadjet. I don't understand why NETGEAR would not resolve this issue with just a simple firmware patch. It is a very annoying problem and the logs in the Administration section of their Web-based Router Configuration Utility does not help with any useful info.  Their MU-MIMO tech feature was the most compelling selling point when deciding on purchasing this device.

Same issue here.  I disabled MuMimo andthatdidnot help at all.  If this is the maximum life I get from a netgear product,certainly won't replace it with another Netgear product.  Just under 2 years old.  I have the orbi mesh at another residence that works fine.  If that goes out,another lost customer who has been a loyal customer for many years.