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ivankhoury
May 27, 2017Aspirant
Disconnecting issues
I've had this problem for quite a while with this new router firmware... the router will randomly disconnect certain connections (like my game and whatsapp) for like 10-20 seconds (but the rest of th...
- May 30, 2017
The firmware has to match the hardware of the modem/router (gateway) any third party firmware that controls the modems settings and allows it to work with your isp has to be support by them. Not a easy thing to find .
If you are lucky you may be able to the modem/router reflashed to a older version at a cost by netgear never heard of this before but the worst they can say is no.
You have two of them so the unit to sent them is no problem if they will do it good luck with question to them.
ivankhoury
May 30, 2017Aspirant
I was wondering, can I install a different firmware from Netgear on my router? Firmware meant for another router, or a universal firmware?
- William10aMay 30, 2017Master
The firmware has to match the hardware of the modem/router (gateway) any third party firmware that controls the modems settings and allows it to work with your isp has to be support by them. Not a easy thing to find .
If you are lucky you may be able to the modem/router reflashed to a older version at a cost by netgear never heard of this before but the worst they can say is no.
You have two of them so the unit to sent them is no problem if they will do it good luck with question to them.