Netgear R7000 wifi over loaded?

I have a normal busy household and a ton of smart devices. With WiFi switches now being installed I'm reaching over 25 devices (laptops/iPad/phones etc.)

I recently added a cheap WyzeCam which installed no problem.

Since it has been installed it seems my internet connection via WiFi is going down constantly. I don't think the cam is using much bandwidth but if I turn it off the problem seems to go away.

The whole system WiFi internet (not just wyzecam)

I actually have a lot of devices using 5Ghz while the wyzecam is 2.4 only.

Is the R7000 outdated and not able to keep up or is the wyzecam the culprit? Or could it be a coincident and something else is happening? The R7000 has the latest firmware etc. and is in a central location.

I'm ready to jump to mesh but don't want to upgrade if it's not going to solve the problem.

Any help very appreciated. Thank you

Have you checked at what signal strength the WyzeCam is connected? If you've got a WiFi client with a weak signal it can cause grief for everyone else sharing the air.

Thank you for the reply.

It is placed outside 30' away from router with a garage door (metal) and 1 interior wall between itself.

The wyzecam is reporting 50 - 90 kB/s for streaming and looks great at 1080.
At 360p the wyzecam is reporting 25-50 kB/s and again no problem.

I'm wondering if there is a log I can check when the router loses internet access?

Its tough pointing fingers at the culprit.

1) Internet Provider usually pretty solid. Cogeco Canada
2) Too many devices plus smart switches, ( I have 5 more planned for entertainment room in a week)
3) Cheap $20 Wyzecam doing something strange?

I do think the R7000 can get overwhelmed and may be a little underpowered. When i was using it as my router and after i upgraded the internet to 600mbps speeds it struggled with heavy downloading, and the first way i would notice this is wifi speeds dropped, so it appears when its loaded to heavy the first thing to go is wifi speed. I decided i wanted more security anyways and setup a pfsense box for my routing duties, and now the R7000 is just a wifi access point with no routing duties so has alot less stress on it , and since then no wifi slow downs.

Thanks for reply Rifter.

I can handle slow speeds but wifi dropping out like the router hung is what I'm facing.
Sometimes it will reset but usually the household is impatient I have to reset the router.
If I have the Wyzecam plugged I lose internet access 2 or more times a day. Pretty sure its all my network is down, not just internet.
I have a loaded house with a unraid server also, probably about the same onslaught of devices as everyone here!

Connect everything static with wires. Deploy more APs (2-3) across the house to "load-balance" devices between APs. Save the corresponding WiFi networks (APs) to different phones/devices so they connect to the desired AP only.