R-7000 Beta Firmware V1.0.5.44 Release.

[Deleted member 22229]

R7000 firmware v1.0.5.44 limited release


https://community.netgear.com/t5/Ni...irmware-v1-0-5-44-limited-release/td-p/991888

 

[microchip]

Never going back again to Netgear FW... and my R7000 will be my last product from them

 

[Deleted member 22229]

Never going back again to Netgear FW... and my R7000 will be my last product from them

I ended up giving R-7000 away and picked up the RT-AC68R and could not be happier. However I posted this for others that may be interested in giving it a try.

 

[RogerSC]

Thanks...I don't go to the Netgear forums anymore, too hard to read. Nice to know that Netgear is moving forwards with firmware features for the R7000.

 

[RogerSC]

Just for the record, I did try this new beta firmware release. Back on tomato again...Netgear still hasn't fixed ICMPv6 packet filtering, and wireless is not as good coverage-wise as tomato here.

 

[Deleted member 22229]

Just for the record, I did try this new beta firmware release. Back on tomato again...Netgear still hasn't fixed ICMPv6 packet filtering, and wireless is not as good coverage-wise as tomato here.

Roger i dont own the R-7000 any longer but did you happen to try the new TX power adjustment they added to the UI ?

New Feature – Supports Transmit Power Control.

 

[RogerSC]

Roger i dont own the R-7000 any longer but did you happen to try the new TX power adjustment they added to the UI ?

New Feature – Supports Transmit Power Control.

No, oddly enough I usually find the default is fine around here. Raising the tx power often causes problems, although some people like to be able to do that.

 

[paraplu]

Just vacuum-cleaned my old dusty R7000 to try this firmware, using it as a dumb access point only, to cover the garage and garden (replacing tplink gear):

- the silly 3-second port-7423 broadcast is gone. Bravo, after 1 year!
- new band steering functionality works, but only after removing any past connection history from my iPad it would reconnect using AC instead of 2.4. Some doubts here, as with the whole topic around band steering.
- 3 ms ping over wifi instead of 1 ms to the AP. Not disturbing though.

Using it for 2 days now and although it's getting cold in my garden; reception is excellent getting 500mbps download through speedtest.net. Using tx power set to 75%. I set it lower then the default 100% to not disturb clients inhouse. Maybe 25% would be good enough; haven't tried this yet.

Probably will revert to my old tplink setup as, in my use-case, it does not add any value beside increasing the energy bill ( tplinks are very power friendly).

 

[ulaganath]

Where is the transmit power setting. i couldnt find it.

 

[paraplu]

Where is the transmit power setting. i couldnt find it.

You can find this under Basic - Wireless. Default is 100%.