Experience with 1.0.16.98 for V1?

[hotbbq]

I cannot for the life of me keep port 80 open. I reset the router settings to default and setup the port 80 forward. It worked for a short while, but now it remains closed. I disabled USB stuff, UPnP, and tried different internal servers with no luck. All other port forwards work as they should. WTF is going on?

[kd13]

Hello all,

When I first install the 3700 router, I get about 22-25mbps... After a day or so it goes to 9-12mbps. ISP should be giving me service between 18-21mbps.

Could I have a hardware issue or just the ISP not providing full service?


My router: 3700v1 Latest firmware v1.0.16.98. WMM disabled, and on WPA2-PSK [AES] security.

[Simon0]

I believe the 1.0.16.98 firmware needs rebooting once in awhile to regain its speed.

[kd13]

Originally Posted by Simon0

I believe the 1.0.16.98 firmware needs rebooting once in awhile to regain its speed.

so your saying software issue? Not hardware...

Is there a firmware that keep the speed better?

[Paul1973]

Originally Posted by kd13

so your saying software issue? Not hardware...

Is there a firmware that keep the speed better?

My guess is your having isp issues. I would power cycle the modem and if the problem persists call them up. My 3700v1 has been up 11 days and the internet is the same speed it always is.

[Simon0]

Originally Posted by kd13

so your saying software issue? Not hardware...

Is there a firmware that keep the speed better?

Did you at anytime plug anything into the usb port on the router? If so, that may cause router instability until you reboot.

[StaticFree]

Originally Posted by jerry66

get disconnected once or twice a week with new firmware , will go back to 1.0.7.98 if it gets worse . Like the new logging options , but had the disconnects

Originally Posted by xkelly

Upgraded last night to see if there were any obvious improvements with Readyshare. Now, periodically, the 5 Ghz wireless internet connections dies. The system stays connected with a strong signal, but can't get to the web. Wired works fine when this happens. Have to restart the router to get it back. So... we'll see. Would hate to have to start using 2.4. Or downgrade... what a pain.

The only thing different is the usb hard drive that is now attached. Might be related.

Maybe this is a feature.

I have to update my experience report on this latest new firmware v1.0.16.98NA. I started experiencing web internet DNS malfunction after running fine for about a week. All of a sudden a couple of days ago, I was surfing the web with IE9 and lost internet connectivity. Browser just quit connecting to sites and times out. I open a DOS Terminal window to test pinging direct ipaddress vs ping using hostnames and sure enough, it seems like this firmwares DNS service hung up using my ISP's DNS servers (Time Warner RR).

I then restored back level to previous firmware V1.0.14.98NA which before seemed to be running stable with no problem with the TWRR DNS servers. But within a day of loading that firmware, the DNS hangup happened again. Weird as I swear that it did not do this before with the v1.0.14.98NA firmware.

So now I have manually configured the WNDR3700V1 v1.0.14.98NA to use other DNS server ipaddresses to solve the problem. Something about TWRR DNS servers these Netgear firmwares don't like. If they would just investigate the difference between TWRR DNS packets and the other DNS server packets they might be able to figure out how to fix this ongoing bug.

[Frippi]

StaticFree, I had similar issues, not due to router, but due to ugly ISP DNS itself. You can always try two things:
1. When DNS fails try using ISP DNS servers directry, rather that through router. In Windows you can do so with nslookup command, like:

nslookup - 8.8.8.8

use your ISP DNS server instead of 8.8.8.8 and then try entering some addresses. If it also fails then, most likely, the problem is in your ISP DNS.

2. Setup Google or Open DNS and see if the problem will return.

[therat]

Originally Posted by kd13

Hello all,

When I first install the 3700 router, I get about 22-25mbps... After a day or so it goes to 9-12mbps. ISP should be giving me service between 18-21mbps.

Could I have a hardware issue or just the ISP not providing full service?


My router: 3700v1 Latest firmware v1.0.16.98. WMM disabled, and on WPA2-PSK [AES] security.

I thought netgear recommended WMM be enabled

[kd13]

Originally Posted by therat

I thought netgear recommended WMM be enabled

has worked better with it disabled but then my speed drops in half anyway...

Still not sure what the problem is.