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R7000P drops WIFI connections frequently
I'm finding that the r7000P frequeently drops client wifi connections. I have two PIxel 2XL's that frequently get booted off the 5GHz wifi whenever you put any demand on the router. The symptoms are...
After many hours of troubleshooting, I've found that disabling the MU-MIMO function on the R7000P gives my devices a stable connection.
Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Setting > [Disable MU-MIMO]. Apply.
I have been able to transfer several large files from a wifi device to a wired device without constant dropouts/disconnections at the expense of actually being able to use the MU-MIMO functions of the router.
There are either issues in the way Netgear has implemented MU-MIMO or an incompatibility issue with some other wifi devices on the network. Since I replaced the r7000P with a new one I suspect it's an issue in the Netgear router not my devices (I can't confirm this though as I don't have a different make/model MU-MIMO router to test).
Since MIMO is one of the main selling point for this router this also raises a few new questions.
Found this thread after my R7000P started having the connection drop-out issue in the past 2 weeks. Like alot of people here my wife and I have both observed this happening anywhere from 2-4 times per day. Only changes to settings I made were the normal ones: login settings, wifi SSID/pw, and assigned my NAS to a static IP and that's about it - left everything else on stock settings. Didn't enable Guest network ever, etc.
Currently I'm running V1.3.1.64_10.1.36 firmware and the router seemed to be working solidly prior to this issue since it was purchased in May 2019. I turned off MI-MIMU and turning on QoS as suggested before...hopefully this will work. Not ready to throw in the towel yet!
Worst comes to worst I'll load a 3rd party firmware, probably DD-WRT. I had the R7000 before that need frequently reboots (so effing annoying) until I loaded DD-WRT onto it and presto! it became a rock solid router for years. I remember reverting it back to stock being not-so-straightforward which is why I want to avoid going down that route again.
I've had this router for about 8 months and just stared having the 5ghz wifi drop out issue the past three days. Nothing has changed on my network, so it's frustrating. I have disabled MU-MIMO as per the advice in this thread, so lets see if it works.
I had DD-WRT on this router but would not recommend using it if you have gigabit internet. With DD-WRT I could never get above 250mb/s which is a shame because I do like DD-WRT. Reinstalling factory firmware and I can get 800mb/s.
Unfortunately, disabling MU-MIMO did not resolve the problem for me. Just happened again on the 5ghz band a few minutes ago. Really aggravating.
I had an R7000 (not p) that started randomly dropping the 5ghz band after years of being very stable (I hadn't changed anything recently on the settings, nor did I change the firmware). It reminding me of overheating problems I've experienced on other routers before they failed, but I never got around to testing it as I just bought a new one.
Long story short: has anyone tried to pop the top and blow a cooling fan on the unit to see if it helped?
