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GSS108E: firmware upgrade timeout
Hi all, I was trying to upgrade the firmare of my GSS108E to version 1.0.0.1. The firmware was load until about 40%, then the "Prosafe Plus Configuraton Utility" reports an timeout. The "PPC...
Solution here:
Enjoy.
Summary: Enter a manual arp entry for the IP and MAC address of your GSS108E. Expect Netgear engineers to think you're talking about the GS108E :)
Hello JohnRo,
sorry to disappoint you: I am using the newest utility (V2.3.5, actially downloaded!)
My setup: Lenovo laptop with Windows 10, PSP Utillity V2.3.5, switch direct connected to the laptop, the laptop NIC is in the same subnetwork as the switch, the utility finds the switch, the 1000M led is on, after the product name is a star (GSS108E*),
selecting and [Apply] opens a window for the firmware binary, selecting the fw and clicking [Ok], the firmware loads up to 47% and then a window: "Firmware Upgrade TFTP Time out!"
Solution here:
Enjoy.
Summary: Enter a manual arp entry for the IP and MAC address of your GSS108E. Expect Netgear engineers to think you're talking about the GS108E :)
Hi Eaglehawk,
thank you for your hint: I finally updated my GSS108E :-)
The "arp -a" did not work on Win10: access denied, even if I started 'cmd.exe' or 'PowerShell' as admin :-(
Your last post (use "interface ipv4 add neighbors ...") did it finally.
Thank you: I learnt something new again!
Hello thsturm and Eaglehawk,
I'm replying to also give a kudos to Eaglehawk. There was an issue with the forwarding rate of the ARP packets on FW 1.0.0.0, this was fixed on FW 1.0.0.1. I am glad you were able to update the firmware of your device!
Thanks,
The kudos should really go to lexav, they posted the actual soution. Thanks anyway :)
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