Recent content by rbird2

I had lots of trouble with NextDNS (Slow speeds and Payment problems) so I tried AdGuard DNS (Just came out of Beta) and so far it works great on my Router. https://adguard-dns.io/en/welcome.html I do not work for AdGuard. I believe you can still try it for free If you click on "Try Adguard...

New ASUS RT-AX86U and Merlin firmware user, made donation via PayPal. Thank you for your excellent firmware!

You can not upload a ".img" firmware into OpenWRT (OpenWRT uses "*.bin") to get back to Netgear or Voxel firmware. In the past I have used the following procedure to go from OpenWRT to Netgear (or Voxel) firmware...

Below is the Direct lint to Netgear firmware Version 1.0.2.52: http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/R7800/R7800-V1.0.2.52.zip There is also Vovel's excellent R7800 Firmware (Based on Version 1.0.2.52)...

Microcenter has the XR500 on sale for $219.99: NetGear Nighthawk Pro XR500 AC2600 Dual-Band Gigabit Wireless Router http://www.microcenter.com/product/503331/Nighthawk_Pro_XR500_AC2600_Dual-Band_Gigabit_Wireless_Router I could have gone to Microcenter or had my local Best Buy price match it...

I have to disagree, most people buying a top of the line router expect it to support their home network as well otherwise Netgear would not bother to include USB ports and Readyshare features. If you look at the xr500 "Data Sheet" it states "READYSHARE® USB ACCESS—Wirelessly access & share USB...

See link below: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-Pro-Gaming-Routers/Nighthawk-XR500-USB-Control-Center-not-recognizing-my-printer/m-p/1537553 "NETGEAR confirmed that the ReadySHARE Print feature was mistakenly removed from the XR500 firmware and it will be restored in the next...

I think the real problem is Netgear and their piss poor firmware. Most of us are sick and tired of the problems that never get fixed and the extremely long length of time it takes for Netgear to finally acknowledge a problem and fix it. Netgear makes good hardware but their firmware just plain...

As I stated before, I really liked the xr500 interface look and feel. It makes the R7800 look much more professional and gives you the appearance of quality. Netgears firmware looks like it was quickly thrown together in a back room as an afterthought. For the short time I used the xr500...

I used the following procedure: https://kb.netgear.com/22688/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-TFTP This should work for you. Also, I found that the "tftpd64" program works better so I use it: http://tftpd32.jounin.net/tftpd32_download.html Quick instructions: Download the...

OK these posts got me interested so I gave it a try on my R7800. I like the interface and QOS features much better than standard Netgear and it ran very well on my R7800. The only problem I found was I could not get access to my eSATA drive via Readyshare. I'm sure this is due to the fact...

Below is a link to a past thread on USB write speed which I provided some data (see post #7): https://www.snbforums.com/threads/r7800-write-speed-usb.33495/#post-269640

I do not use the USB 3.0 ports, I use the eSATA port for my external HD. Have you tried using the eSATA port on the R7800? My transfer rates are much better than you are listing with eSATA...

https://kb.netgear.com/000055200/R7800-Firmware-Version-1-0-2-46