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Does Netgear really "Push" critical security updates?
TLDR: Has Netgear "pushed" any firmware updates in the past 12 months? There have been critical security issues fixed during that period. User beware. If not: Be pro-active. Don't ass-u-me that ever...
alokeprasad wrote:With my short history (2 months) w the Orbi's, I was asking if NG pushed and automatically installed fixes in 2020. Because they certainly had a couple of serious issues come up last year.
Perhaps the real question is, has anyone here had problems(?) with their system due to the 'serious issues' that came up last year you mention above?:mansurprised:
vajim wrote:and there's more
From that article (from 2018):
Some NETGEAR routers support automatic firmware updates. Automatic firmware updates ensure that important security updates are automatically delivered to your router to increase the security of your home network. Automatic firmware updates restart your router as part of the update process, which means that you lose Internet access for a few minutes.
Automatic firmware updates happen between 1:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. local time. To avoid firmware updates starting at an inconvenient time, make sure that your router is set to your local time zone.
Have they in fact done any of this automatic installs on the Orbi's and the Nighthawk R8xxx, and R9xxx in the last year?
