Netgear D7000 VDSL modem/router

ricke17 · 6 Oct 2015 at 17:12

I get the occasional delay whereby I have to refresh the page, but I can live with that.

Mariusz · 6 Oct 2015 at 19:29

Just ordered this router to use on Sky fibre so a little worried that people are having problems using this router with Sky

ricke17 · 6 Oct 2015 at 19:33

Hopefully someone I've sent the test firmware to is a sky fibre user and can confirm all is well after they've installed it. If so I can send it over to you.

Mariusz · 6 Oct 2015 at 19:37

ricke17 said:
Hopefully someone I've sent the test firmware to is a sky fibre user and can confirm all is well after they've installed it. If so I can send it over to you.

That's for the offer, I appreciate it. Router should be here Thursday, hopefully it'll be rock solid stable and I won't need it

ricke17 · 6 Oct 2015 at 19:43

I'm not on sky so cannot comment. Fingers crossed it'll behave.

jambo862 · 6 Oct 2015 at 20:03

ricke17 said:
Hopefully someone I've sent the test firmware to is a sky fibre user and can confirm all is well after they've installed it. If so I can send it over to you.

I'm on Sky Fibre, installed the new test firmware, but only using it as an AP for the moment. Only a few hours, but so far so good.

Once I see it not crash for a day or two I'll move it back as my main modem too, but can risk DLM hitting me like it has previously (with having to reboot it all the time).

I'll keep this thread informed though.

ricke17 · 6 Oct 2015 at 20:08

Glad it seems to be ok. Fingers crossed it'll stay stable for you.

marjohn56 · 6 Oct 2015 at 21:02

Mariusz said:
Just ordered this router to use on Sky fibre so a little worried that people are having problems using this router with Sky

I'm on sky pro and the router is solid for me. I've been running on 18 firmware with no issues. As I've already said several times, best router I've had.. I'm getting 71/20 with G.inp as I'm on a BCM DSLAM.

rdb2012 · 6 Oct 2015 at 21:17

Very solid router for me too. I have had just under a month though.

jambo862 · 6 Oct 2015 at 22:02

jambo862 said:
I'm on Sky Fibre, installed the new test firmware, but only using it as an AP for the moment. Only a few hours, but so far so good.

Once I see it not crash for a day or two I'll move it back as my main modem too, but can risk DLM hitting me like it has previously (with having to reboot it all the time).

I'll keep this thread informed though.

Unfortunately it's just decided to lock up again.

It was worth a go, I guess I'll just have to keep it on the old firmware unless Netgear manage to work out what's going on.

marjohn56 · 6 Oct 2015 at 22:17

jambo862 said:
Unfortunately it's just decided to lock up again.

It was worth a go, I guess I'll just have to keep it on the old firmware unless Netgear manage to work out what's going on.

There was an issue with sky's own routers, cannot remember which one, it was locking up and crashing due to the anti-virus software being used on the users PC. I think they were using Avast. Might be wide of the mark, but its worth checking its not something bizarre like that.

corderoy · 7 Oct 2015 at 13:13

Thanks ricke17 for v20 test firmware

Unfortunately lasted only a day and have the same lockup issue, going to try rolling back to 16 the same as jambo862.

Netgear support keep suggesting changing the wireless settings, but my feeling here is it must be firmware issue.

marjohn56 · 7 Oct 2015 at 13:41

Have you tried turning off WMM for both 2.4 & 5Ghz in QOS Setup? Mine was a bit stop start when I first got it, I turned those off and all was well, also off is Internet Access QoS. I don't actually use 2.4 or guest wifi at all, so they are turned off as well.

ricke17 · 7 Oct 2015 at 15:43

corderoy said:
Thanks ricke17 for v20 test firmware

Unfortunately lasted only a day and have the same lockup issue, going to try rolling back to 16 the same as jambo862.

Netgear support keep suggesting changing the wireless settings, but my feeling here is it must be firmware issue.

Sorry it didn't resolve your issues - it must be Sky specific?

Mariusz · 9 Oct 2015 at 13:49

Just set this router up with Sky fibre, it was on the initial firmware 14, updated to 18 before setting it up. Install was a breeze and connected straight away. Only time will tell if I get the same lock-ups as other people have experienced.

rocketman · 9 Oct 2015 at 21:50

Have ordered this router today. Have also signed up for BT Infinity, how easy is it to set up this router with Infinity?

marjohn56 · 9 Oct 2015 at 21:55

Should take all of sixty seconds...

rdb2012 · 9 Oct 2015 at 21:58

Connection just dropped after nearly 350hours of up-time

Synced a bit at lower speed too

marjohn56 · 9 Oct 2015 at 22:05

After 15 days it could be anything, are you running dslstats?

ricke17 · 9 Oct 2015 at 22:06

rdb2012 said:
Connection just dropped after nearly 350hours of up-time Synced a bit at lower speed too

Are you guys who are having connectivity issues all with Sky?