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cdmiller
Dec 22, 2019Aspirant
Can't login to JGS524ev2 after v2.6.0.43 firmware upgrade from Prosafe Client
I upgraded my Prosafe Plus Utility to 2.7.7 and then attempted to upgrade the firmware on my JGS524ev2 to v2.6.0.43 (both versions are identified as the latest version for this device on the Netgear ...
- Dec 31, 2019Resolved - I discovered that the firmware upgrade sets the “switch management mode” to “browser only”. When I changed the setting back to “both browser and prosafe”, then I was able to connect with the Prosafe client as expected.
DanielZhang
Dec 23, 2019NETGEAR Expert
Welcome to NETGEAR community
Did you have the default password on JGS524ev2 ?
In the new firmware v2.6.0.43 , Prosafe should only accessable after default password changed.
Could you please try to modify default password and try again?
Thanks,
Daniel.
cdmiller
Dec 31, 2019Aspirant
Resolved - I discovered that the firmware upgrade sets the “switch management mode” to “browser only”. When I changed the setting back to “both browser and prosafe”, then I was able to connect with the Prosafe client as expected.
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