Nighthawk R7000

That's a Broadcom device, wifi will be shit, at best. https://openwrt.org/toh/netgear/r7000

DD-WRT is okay, the UI is not as nice but has a lot of very low level options and many service options. Doesn't have ipv6 firewall out of the box on R7000. A big problem is it's very unclear what builds are considered stable. IMO Fresh Tomato is much more polished and better for most people. It also

I'll chime in because I haven't seen anyone mention this. We used to have a Netgear Nighthawk router and the 5G would cut out a lot, and it's a common issue. I think one culprit I narrowed it down to years ago was a corrupted QoS table and confirmed by Netgear Technical Support. That's probably not

I’ve learned you have to put Netgear routers on a ups, no if ands or butts. lol simple power surge at your house if your neighborhood goes off will kill it. Ask me how I know. I’ve had nighthawk AC1900 (R7000): Initially released in 2013. Died from power surge no power. X4S (D7800/R7800 series): Rel

Archer R7000? Do you mean Netgear Nighthawk R7000? I'm curious because I'm using a Nighthawk R7000 as a wired access point and your note that the 5ghz channel "died" makes me wonder if I need to prepare for that happening with mine as well. Anyway, I agree w/ u/Junior_Resource_608 - another Flint 2 mi