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Luminary

Jan 03, 2019

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GS105Ev2 Firmware Update will not go into Bootloader Upgrade mode

I noticed that the device's firmware was still at v1.4.0.5 and the Bootloader was (not surprisingly) v1.4.0.5-VB , and went to the product's Downloads list, saw that v1.6.0.3 was the current firmware...

Firmware

Peter-K2
Mar 03, 2019
You are not seeing the bootloader update page because firmware knows you already have the latest bootloader. Latest bootloader version is 1.4.0.5

JohnC_V

NETGEAR Moderator

Jan 07, 2019

Stev3D,

May you be able to try updating the firmware using the Prosafe Plus Utility? It seems that it did worked on this thread.

Regards,

Stev3D
Luminary
Jan 08, 2019
JohnCarloV , I tried that. Unfortunately, ProSafe is a Windows-only utility, and the only Windows I have is a seldom-used VM which NATs through the host OS. Becasue of the NATing, ProSafe can't find the switch. When I attempt to connect the VM directly (bridge through the host OS, getting a valid network configuration via DHCP), I lose all network connectivity on the VM. I'm not sure why -- I tried everythign I could think of (can't even ping on the local LAN).

It would sure be nice if the platofrm-agnostic Web interface worked correctly. Any other suggestions?
- Peter-K2
  Guide
  Mar 03, 2019
  You are not seeing the bootloader update page because firmware knows you already have the latest bootloader. Latest bootloader version is 1.4.0.5
  - Stev3D
    Luminary
    Mar 24, 2019
    Peter-K2 , thank you. It is embarassing that it was something so trivial. I was unable to find any clar documentation or indication to that effect
    
    Peter-K2 wrote:
    
    You are not seeing the bootloader update page because firmware knows you already have the latest bootloader. Latest bootloader version is 1.4.0.5