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CBR40/RBS20 Just got an update I did not install
Yesterday I was playing with a new device, and was looking at the router attached device list a lot. Today - I went in to check if that new device was at the proper IP address... and found my rou...
Here's what the new icons look like ... and the fact they changed all of my entries ... wow.
It gets better: all of my logs now have new and different information showing.
So the router DEFINITELY received a pushed firmware update I did NOT approve nor was I even made aware of it.
And now, deep in the new logs (all of my old log data is gone): Note the gap between today and September 14, 2020... lmao. I wasn't planning on a new router but this is beyond irresponsible behavior from Netgear.
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.27)] to MAC address F8:DA:0C:66:51:D9, Wednesday, Nov 04,2020 19:35:47
[Time synchronized with NTP server] Wednesday, Nov 04,2020 19:35:43
[Internet connected] IP address: 16X.X.XXX.1XX, Monday, Sep 14,2020 23:21:58
[Internet disconnected] Monday, Sep 14,2020 23:21:57
[Initialized, firmware version: V2.5.0.14_1.0.8] Monday, Sep 14,2020 23:21:54Has a factory reset and setup from scratch been performed since last FW update?
I last flashed firmware back in September. Everything was working just fine until this morning when everything changed while I was out fishing (asleep - in bed).
That log shows the last firmware update and ALL logged activity between that update and today. Did you notice the gap in time?
As a data point, the router and slave have been power cycled several times since the last update - power outages, and one or two forced resets due to config issues on clients.
As for a complete clear and reintering all of the SSID defines and reservation criteria? Does reset to factory and reloading a config file count?
What part of "This happened today - and I did nothing to cause it." am I not getting clear? I know this is a peer forum, but I was hoping to find out this sort of pushed update is normal behavior, or if it sounds abnormal. These days, I'm thinking a company might actually do this to users, despite what I'd think is a hands-off policy to infrastructure inside another company. But I guess that doesn't stop Google, Apple, and a few other less than ethical companies.
