Netgear R7500v2 (100% QCA MU-MIMO) First Impressions & Formal Review

[Dareksa]

I have information on the box:

Memory: 128 MB Flash and 512 MB RAM

 

[thiggins]

I have information on the box:

Memory: 128 MB Flash and 512 MB RAM

The FCC photos clearly show two Nanya NT5CB64M16FP, which are 128MB each for total of 256.

Attached photo is from my box.

 

[Dareksa]

On my box is 512 MB RAM. Maybe there are two versions.
Look at photos below.

 

[avtella]

Beta sample info you see on the FCC site can differ from final product. This is from my experience as a beta tester.

 

[thiggins]

I've asked NETGEAR Guy to clarify

 

[thiggins]

NETGEAR Guy tracked down the answer:

R7500v2 is 512 MB
R7500v1 is 256 MB

 

[SNBCruiser]

Good news for owners of Netgear R7500V2.

Kong at DD-WRT has now has ported a working DD-WRT firmware for R7500V2.

http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewto...start=45&sid=fd313c4e6e38973beba5617548f454d5

Flash at will.

 

[husky55]

Please report on your experience with the new Kong's firmware!!!

 

[Pep Streebek]

Please report on your experience with the new Kong's firmware!!!

Just replaced my Asus RT-AC66R with the R7500v2 and flashed the latest Kong build (12/2/2016), everything working great so far. MUCH better range through multiple walls in a "noisy" environment with many different WiFi signals than the AC66R. Going to miss Merlin's ASUS work, but so far the DD-WRT from Kong is excellent as well. Will update if anything changes or later on down the road if it keeps doing well.

 

[husky55]

Just a heads up. Using kong 11/14/16 r30880 as a repeater bridge. Working great!!! Will try 12/2/16 soon.

 

[husky55]

Netgear OEM firmware 1.0.3.4 latest have ipv6 problem with comcast. Netgear is working on a fix.