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    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by TANWare, Jul 22, 2015.

  1. TANWare

    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    It appears netgear has changed its forum software over. It is horrid to say the least, no structure what so ever for its devices. Everything is jumbled together so if you are looking for something you had best be specific or you are dead.

    Where I was having reservations recommending the R8000 now I can never recommend to anyone any Netgear product as customer online support is dodgy at best.
     
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  2. downloads

    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    That's good. Anyone with questions is welcome in this sub-forum ;)
     
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    WhatsThePoint Notebook Virtuoso

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    I recently updated my R7000 firmware to the newest Official Netgear release but for the first time I had to go back to the previous release due to some 5ghz disconnecting and greatly fluctuating link speeds.

    I've owned,3700v2,3800,4500,R6300 and now R7000 and never had to go back to previous firmware.
     
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    alexhawker Spent Gladiator

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    How new is this version? Any idea when it was released?
     
    alexhawker, Jul 22, 2015
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    WhatsThePoint Notebook Virtuoso

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    It was version 1.0.4.30 released on June 11th that I had issues with and reverted back to 1.0.4.28

    http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29273

    https://community.netgear.com/t5/Ni...w-R7000-Firmware-Version-1-0-4-30/td-p/510110

    IPv6 test:
    http://ipv6-test.com/

    EDIT:
    I just did a clean Windows 8.1 installation so I'll test 1.0.4.30 again.

    I switched from AT&T uVerse 18Mbps MAX to Time Warner 100Mbps so I'm just getting the feel of their modem and the R7000 connected to it.
     
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    WhatsThePoint, Jul 22, 2015
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