R8500 BETA w/ MU-MIMO support

[doubleroll]

New beta out with MU-MIMO support...Merry Christmas!
Uploaded on: 2015-12-25
File name: R8500-V1.0.2.28_1.0.42.chk
File size: 26.6 MB

New features or enhancements:
Improves general WiFi performance and stability for both 2.4G and 5G
Supports MU-MIMO (Setting in Advanced Tab > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings)
Improves OpenVPN throughput
Supports Airtime Fairness (Setting in Advanced Tab > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings)
Improves 2.4G performance in environments that have interference

Bug fixes:
Fixes the Smart Connect algorithm for better WiFi selection
Fixes the IPv6 firewall issue when IPv6 is 6rd
Fixes the issue in which a WiFi client can’t access the Internet if it connects to the guest network and Live Parental Control is enabled
Fixes the Time Machine admin login fail issue
Please use this topic thread to provide your assessment on the New features/Enhancements and bug fixes.

You can download this firmware R8500-V1.0.2.28_1.0.42.chk


https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/R8500-Beta-FW-V1-0-2-28/m-p/1022273#M23449


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[BoscoWg]

New beta out with MU-MIMO support...Merry Christmas!
Uploaded on: 2015-12-25
File name: R8500-V1.0.2.28_1.0.42.chk
File size: 26.6 MB

New features or enhancements:
Improves general WiFi performance and stability for both 2.4G and 5G
Supports MU-MIMO (Setting in Advanced Tab > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings)
Improves OpenVPN throughput
Supports Airtime Fairness (Setting in Advanced Tab > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings)
Improves 2.4G performance in environments that have interference

Bug fixes:
Fixes the Smart Connect algorithm for better WiFi selection
Fixes the IPv6 firewall issue when IPv6 is 6rd
Fixes the issue in which a WiFi client can’t access the Internet if it connects to the guest network and Live Parental Control is enabled
Fixes the Time Machine admin login fail issue
Please use this topic thread to provide your assessment on the New features/Enhancements and bug fixes.

You can download this firmware R8500-V1.0.2.28_1.0.42.chk


https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/R8500-Beta-FW-V1-0-2-28/m-p/1022273#M23449


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Uploaded fine and no major problems encountered so far!

Thanks!

 

[badbad2000]

Look like netgear is working hard even christmas


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[Prozac]

Uploaded fine for me as well. However experienced major lag issues while gaming, even with minimal devices attached. Streaming on 2.4 GHz band was active at the time. Was using original settings no QoS no Metering. Did a cold reboot power up of network, still no joy. Ended up going back to latest release firmware and it seems to have resolved itself. At the risk of sounding condescending, do the engineers use the latest release build as their base platform firmware to add these updates to? I ask because it seems as if it were acting like the release firmware and the issues associated with that version.