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HenryHawk
Jun 01, 2021Follower
R6700 Firmware Version Update File downloads corrupt?
Setting up a NETGEAR AC1750 Smart WiFi Router (R6700) and was a little surprised to find that firmware update (V1.0.2.16_10.0.57) downloaded from Netgear Support as "recovered file fragments". Also ...
FURRYe38
Jun 01, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Please post about this here for your model router:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/General-WiFi-Routers-Non/bd-p/home-wifi-routers-general
Good Luck.
antinode
Jun 06, 2021Guru
> [...] firmware update (V1.0.2.16_10.0.57) downloaded from Netgear
> Support as "recovered file fragments". [...]
How Windows File Explorer describes a file (based on its name
extension, like, say, ".chk") and what that file actually is may be
entirely unrelated.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1721037#M124018