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Lb2120 firmware update failure
It won't update. Reset it a bunch. Rebooted. Doesn't work. How do you get this thing to update? Testing this device since my mr1100 has been an absolute nightmare hell. Any easy fix?
Solved. You have to be in BRIDGE MODE to update this router.
This kind of thing needs to be in the manual, guys. You can't expect everyone to figure this out for themselves. :smileymad:
wrote:Solved. You have to be in BRIDGE MODE to update this router.
This kind of thing needs to be in the manual, guys. You can't expect everyone to figure this out for themselves. :smileymad:
Not true.
I've succesfully updated my two LB2120's, one each over LTE and WAN connections, in router mode. It did require a fast and stable LTE connection. Any WAN connection with packet loss will cause firmware download failures (requires a device reboot to recover from).
Note, also, the web UI does not allow firmware update without a SIM inserted. I was able to bypass that by modifying the page in Chrome.
Not sure what to tell you. Your procedure didn't work at all. What it sounds like is a piss poor implementation of hardware and software. That's not meant as an insult to you. I've had WAY more than a few netgear devices that just don't work the way some others expect them too. Just the way the devices behave. It's par for the course.
I have a screaming fast connection that is stable. No go. Literally NO CHANGE TO CONFIGURATION aside from clikcing 'bridge mode' allowed the update to succeed unhindered. I tried the other way for 2 days just out of curiosity. It didn't work.
This is a guinea pig device. It's not anywhere close to the speed of the MR1100 though. I had such trouble with the other one, I just got a few devices to test out. I'll return everything except the most stable and quick.