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RBR40 cannot upgrade to firmware V2.6.1.36
Today I got an email telling me an update is available. I tried the manual update method and that fails with an Internal Sever Error (500 error) in the browser. Here's my current setup as far as fi...
You might try Safari or Opera browser to see if the newer FW can br applied. Is there a Windows PC around? If so, Try this.
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
Need to press the reset button for 30 seconds then release, then it send to PUT the command and upload the FW. You could apply either a newer or older FWversion.If not, I would contact NG support to see if they can help you out more.
FURRYe38 wrote:Hmmm, I dont' see v22 listed:
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RBK40.aspx#download
Wonder if NG pulled it for some reason.
What browser are you using to manually apply FW to the RBB?
You are unpacking the .zip file after downloading to reveal the .chk or .img file right?
Using FF on my MacBook Pro, did the unzip applying the *.img file. I also noticed that "22" wasn't available for download as well. I wish the downgrade would've worked.
You might try Safari or Opera browser to see if the newer FW can br applied. Is there a Windows PC around? If so, Try this.
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
Need to press the reset button for 30 seconds then release, then it send to PUT the command and upload the FW. You could apply either a newer or older FWversion.
If not, I would contact NG support to see if they can help you out more.
FURRYe38 wrote:You might try Safari or Opera browser to see if the newer FW can br applied. Is there a Windows PC around? If so, Try this.
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
Need to press the reset button for 30 seconds then release, then it send to PUT the command and upload the FW. You could apply either a newer or older FWversion.If not, I would contact NG support to see if they can help you out more.
Just tried Safari, same issue. The "500 Internal Server" error thing is going to be generated on the server side, so I doubt it's a browser issue anyhoo. My MBP is set up for Bootcamp running Win10, so maybe I'll give the TFTP thing a go. I'll report back after trying that.
Let us know if that works...