Custom firmware build for R7800 v. 1.0.2.72SF

[Tom_Batty]

Can you try the @microchip suggestion:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Ni...sful-login/m-p/1715713/highlight/true#M122920
(Change router password to a simpler one without special characters)

I reported the same issue here and the workaround that I used was this:

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/c...r-r7800-v-1-0-2-70sf.59009/page-2#post-521850

 

[htismaqe]

I reported the same issue here and the workaround that I used was this:

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/c...r-r7800-v-1-0-2-70sf.59009/page-2#post-521850

Can you try the @microchip suggestion:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Ni...sful-login/m-p/1715713/highlight/true#M122920
(Change router password to a simpler one without special characters)

Thanks guys, that worked. Now I just need to figure out why 2 devices (out of 41) won't let me commit any changes. When I click apply, I get a blank grey page in the frame and it never updates. From reading the NG forums, looks like it's a widespread issue possibly.

 

[htismaqe]

The really perplexing thing is that I have two iPhone 8's and two Amazon Echo's. On the iPhone 8's, one is my daughter's, which I want to de-prioritize and the other is my work phone, which I want to prioritize slightly. By default, the iPhone's are set to low, so my daughter's phone is exactly how I want it. I changed the short name and the icon and committed the changes. My work iPhone is set to low, I cannot change the icon, name, or priority. When I hit apply, it goes to the blank grey frame.

The situation is similar with the Echo's. One of them I can edit all of their information, including the icon. The other one just goes to a blank page when I commit changes. And by default, the Echo's are set to HIGH priority.

 

[rk8531]

Though I switched to Asus last year but still read these threads. Voxel is doing great work to still support R7800 even in 2019~~~2020.

 

[microchip]

Though I switched to Asus last year but still read these threads. Voxel is doing great work to still support R7800 even in 2019~~~2020.

The R7800 and R9000 are definitely still *not* obsolete. Both are Wave 2 devices and this is currently the norm and will stay so in the near future until AX matures and takes over

 

[htismaqe]

The R7800 and R9000 are definitely still *not* obsolete. Both are Wave 2 devices and this is currently the norm and will stay so in the near future until AX matures and takes over

I'm just thankful for 3rd party firmware. I've been a Netgear customer for a long, long time but they lost me after my support experience with the R7000. I went back to Netgear hardware after a similar experience with LinkSys. The R7800 is the best router I've ever owned really, even with DD-WRT on it.

 

[htismaqe]

And now I have a 3rd instance. Both of them are LG android devices. One of them I can change the short name, change icon, etc. The other results in a blank grey page when I hit apply.

 

[htismaqe]

All of the affected devices are on the guest network. I thought maybe it was about duplicate devices in the attached devices table so I fired up two identical Lenovo laptops on the main network and immediately was able to change all of their information.

 

[htismaqe]

And now it shows up on the main network. I have two Kindle Fire's, one of which has been connected since I flashed the router. I turned on the 2nd one, let it connect, and tried to change its info. Nothing but a blank grey screen.

 

[LeKeiser]

Out of curiosity, how many devices can we connect to the 7800? Is there a limit?

 

[TheLostSwede]

Out of curiosity, how many devices can we connect to the 7800? Is there a limit?

Considering the hardware, no practical consumer usage limit. However, as with all routers, you're going to end up at a point where things slow down if too many devices are accessing the internet simultaneously and say are downloading a lot of data. I have a bunch of hardware connected to mine, but it's not broken a sweat as of yet. It's really been the most stable, well performing router I've ever owned.

 

[LeKeiser]

Yesterday I was installing my new cell phone. So I was saving all the files from my old cell phone to my NAS using my old laptop and Filezilla. About 40Gb of data.
So it was cell phone --> Laptop & Filezilla --> Nas.
Lots of files, big ones and small ones.
Many times, I've lost the WiFi connection. I would get the "World" icon, no more WiFi. I'd have to disable the card on my laptop and reactivate it so I could continue copying the files. Happened a lot.
Of course, I suspect the laptop to be the problem. Old laptop running Win10.
But I was just wondering if the 7800 wasn't being heavily used during those transfers.
I guess not. Which would be good, I prefer to think that my laptop is the problem. Won't be used that much then

 

[dybuke]

Hi,
Is there a way to install an entware package directly on the router (not on a USB connected device)? I'd like to connect a USB hard drive with luks encryption to the router and for that I'd need to install cryptsetup package. The other USB port is taken by a printer, so I can't use a separate USB drive to run cryptsetup from it.

 

[Tom Brough]

You could always use a USB Hub to add a few more sockets if needed.

 

[htismaqe]

Considering the hardware, no practical consumer usage limit. However, as with all routers, you're going to end up at a point where things slow down if too many devices are accessing the internet simultaneously and say are downloading a lot of data. I have a bunch of hardware connected to mine, but it's not broken a sweat as of yet. It's really been the most stable, well performing router I've ever owned.

Yeah, I had over 45 devices connected at one time on DD-WRT and CPU never went above 3%. Granted, I don't use DNScrypt, AdBlock, or anything that might add CPU overhead but sheer number of devices doesn't seem to be an issue.

 

[kamoj]

Each device need an ip-address, so typically 253 devices in total, wired and WiFi.

For WiFi its 64 - limited to 32 for 2.4 GHz and 32 for 5 GHz band :
https://kb.netgear.com/24043/How-many-clients-can-you-connect-wirelessly-to-a-NETGEAR-router

Out of curiosity, how many devices can we connect to the 7800? Is there a limit?

 

[htismaqe]

I think I have it fixed. I went in to my DHCP reservations and changed all of the entires to numbers. So like 192.168.1.20 I changed to "20". After that, they all seem to be working. Why that would have any effect I'm not sure since Attached Devices / Access Control uses whatever name the device itself reports.

 

[microchip]

I think I have it fixed. I went in to my DHCP reservations and changed all of the entires to numbers. So like 192.168.1.20 I changed to "20". After that, they all seem to be working. Why that would have any effect I'm not sure since Attached Devices / Access Control uses whatever name the device itself reports.

I use "my-device-name" (no quotes, eg: Samsung-Galaxy-J6) both in DHCP reservation and Attached Devices and it works here. Something's fishy on your end

 

[htismaqe]

Another user here said his wired Roku caused the issue. Once he disconnected it, everything worked fine. I think that's what is going on here. I was able to change them all earlier today. I reset to defaults, changed a bunch of them with no issues, but then started booting up other devices and the problem came back. So it's time to start shutting off devices one by one.

 

[htismaqe]

Honestly, I'm super frustrated right now. It was working earlier, now it's not. I've disconnect like everything from the network and there are certain devices I just can't change.