NETGEAR R7000P Nighthawk Smart WiFi Router Installation Guide
- June 11, 2024
- NETGEAR
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R7000P Nighthawk Smart WiFi Router
Installation Guide
R7000P Nighthawk Smart WiFi Router
| FCC ID | PY316200351 |
|---|---|
| Industry Canada ID | 4054A-16200351 |
| Power | 12 VDC, 3.5 A |
| CPU/SoC | Broadcom BCM4708C0 @ 1 GHz |
| CPU Architecture | ARM Cortex A9 (2 cores) |
| Flash (ROM) / RAM | 128 MiB / 256 MiB |
| USB ports | 1x USB 3.0, 1x USB 2.0 |
| Wireless1 chip | Broadcom BCM4365E |
| Wireless2 chip | Broadcom BCM4360 |
| WL1/WL2 protocols | an+ac / bgn |
| MIMO config | 3×3:3 |
| Antenna connectors | U.FL, RP-SMA |
| Ethernet | Broadcom BCM4708C0 |
| Switch | Broadcom BCM4708C0 |
| LAN / WAN ports | 4 / 1 (up to 1 Gb/s) |
| Serial | 4-pin header, internal, 3.3V TTL |
Supported in DD-WRT since Kong r32945M (7/31/17); r34311(netgear-r8000-webflash.bin); r39267(factory-to-ddwrt.chk)
Installation
- Do not 30/30/30 reset ARM routers! Use the GUI Factory Defaults reset.
- DO NOT USE THE ROUTER DATABASE!
- Use builds in the netgear-r7000P directory (some are missing the factory-to-dd file)
- Initial flash: GUI reset then flash factory-to-dd-wrt.chk (r39267+) or dd-wrt.K3_R7000P.chk
(deprecated) - Upgrade: netgear-r8000-webflash.bin (r34311-r38937); netgear-r7000p-webflash.bin (r39031+) or dd-wrt.v24-K3_AC_ARM_R7000P.bin
(deprecated) - Reset after upgrade not usually required, but if you have issues, reset and manually set up first.
NOTE: The R7000P build target is the same as R8000, so older builds were named netgear-r8000-webflash.bin Where do I download firmware? & forum build threads for build recommendations
- Kong builds are deprecated and CloneVince’s firmware download resource is no longer available.
- Also see the Peacock announcement for historical information
The R7000P is misidentified as R6400v1 in builds 36816 up to 37715, so users should avoid them.
Disable LEDs
In the GUI, go to Admin->Commands and save the following as a Startup Script, then reboot:
!/bin/sh
for i in 2 3 8 9 10; do gpio enable $i ; done
for i in 11 12 13; do gpio disable $i ; done
et robowr 0x0 0x18 0x1ff
et robowr 0x0 0x18 0x0
et robowr 0x0 0x1a 0x0
This can alternatively be ran manually (line by line or separated by ‘;’) from telnet/ssh/Commands Reference: dcglabs’ forum post
Forum
Do not use the Tathagata build.
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