The NETGEAR Nighthawk R7000 has been a leading force in the high-performance, open source capable router scene for a while now -- and it just got even better, The release of firmware version 1.05.48 from NETGEAR, for those who are using the original firmware, takes advantage of the Nighthawk specific hardware to deliver on some pretty cool functionality. Check out the details below.
Features Added to the R7000 in 1.05.48:
| 1 | New Feature – Supports Smart Connect. Smart Connect intelligently selects the fastest 2.4 or 5 GHz WiFi band for each device on your network. (http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29834 ) |
| 2 | New Feature – Supports the Kwilt iOS photo manager app, which can be used to view and share photos stored on the USB drive connected to the R7000, as well as from other sources like DropBox, OneDrive, Facebook etc. (http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29835 ) |
| 3 | New Feature – Supports NETGEAR Downloader (Beta). NETGEAR Downloader allows you to directly download files from the Internet to a USB drive connected to the router. |
| 4 | New Feature – Supports the OpenVPN mobile client (iOS and Android) app, which gives you easy and secure remote access to your home network.
(Android: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29783 |
| 5 | New Feature – Sends log reports via SSL email. Allows email notification to be set up on your Nighthawk router. |
| 6 | New Feature – Supports WiFi Transmit Power Control. WiFi Transmit Power Control reduces WiFi power to just cover your home network and reduces WiFi interference in the neighborhood. |
Other Enhancements
| 1 | [New] Supports IGMP proxy for British Telecom. |
| 2 | [Enhancement] Improves port forwarding by allowing fixed and range ports to be added to one rule. |
| 3 | [Enhancement] Improves the QoS GUI. |
| 4 | [Enhancement] Supports IP-MAC binding for the PR region. |
| 5 | [Enhancement] Supports Super WiFi for the PR region. |
| 6 | [Enhancement] Supports DNS 3322 for the PR region. |
| 7 | [Enhancement] Supports Russian WAN installation and IPTV port support |
Fixes
| No. | Description |
| 1 | Enhance ReadyShare security. |
| 2 | Fix the issue in which the web GUI is missing the Genie app download page when accessing the web GUI from the Windows 10 Edge browser |
| 3 | Supports iTunes 12.1 |
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