Nighthawk R7000

Power user or not, the biggest advantage of going FT on your router is that Asus declared it EOL beginning of 2024 and there will be no more firmware fixes or updates. Even though Asus did in fact release firmware security fix last year for it, it's not a guarantee. Many old, EOL routers are still u

Dit. Bekabeld. En als je niet teveel aan een access point wil uitgeven, koop een router die dd wrt ondersteunt. Ik heb zelf drie access points verspreid door het huis, allemaal op Netgear R7000 routers die met dd wrt firmware als access point voor de wifi werken. Die R7000 koop je voor 2 tientjes op

I've had the same router (Netgear r7000) for nearly a decade, (maybe actually longer) and it never needs anything, I even get signal like 50 yards away from my house

Like others have already mentioned, unless the Router is receiving updates, then it's time to look into a replacement. OR, change out the firmware from the vendor to an open source project that supports the Router AND is being regularly updated. Checking the most popular firmware replacements I foun

I have no idea what's going on with your R7000, but just offering a tip, if you want a secure up to date and not too difficult UI for it put FreshTomato firmware on it. Then ask AI if you get stuck doing anything you need, they know what FreshTomato is. Make sure you find and carefully follow the Fr

Nice job repurposing old hardware, but one thing to keep in mind is security. Be very sure that the router (your interface between the internet/outside and your intranet/inside network) is still receiving firmware upgrades and is supported by the manufacturer. This ensures any exploits/bugs/etc. tha

Thanks! This looks like the one that will finally retire my Netgear R7000. By god it's been such a workhorse! I've lost track of how many different custom firmwares I've run on it. Freshtomato is my current one, and it's absolutely amazing that I have access to pretty well every modern feature you c

Is it worth it? Heck yeah, even if you ultimately decide to not use it. The learning itself is worth the trip. Start by checking to see if your "spare" router is compatible. OpenWRT is largely incompatible with Broadcom chipsets. For those, you would have to consider DDWRT, or FreshTomato. For examp

No trouble at all, glad it’s up and working well for you! I just scored a Netgear Nighthawk R7800 off eBay, gonna try OpenWRT on that. I have tried Fresh Tomato and DD-WRT so far (on R7000). The R7800 is supposed to be one of the best for OpenWRT, we’ll see. Why am I doing that?? Because I’m enjoyin

Great suggestion. I installed Fresh Tomato on my Netgear Nighthawk R7000 (using as wireless access point). Working well!