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Netgear GS105PE will not load new bootloader
I bought three GS105PE switches, let me call them switches 6,7 & 8 I purchased Switch 6 in May 2019 and it came with Bootloader V1.4.0.5-VB, firmware V1.5.0.5. PoE Passthru worked a treat. In June...
Hi Schmaku
No rant intended, just frustration I guess. Thanks to all the information you have provided me I am now more equipped to make a quantifiable research into devices that I intend to use. I certainly know a great deal more now about PoE and can make more informed decisions, bring out the extension power lead and PoE injectors I guess lol.
Many thanks
Ian
Murrayfield wrote:I downgraded the FW to 1.4.0.6 and then stepped through every iteration from FW1.4.0.6, 1.4.0.9, 1.5.0.4 (where BL version V1.4.0.5-VB made an appearance), FW 1.5.0.5, 1.6.0.3, 1.6.0.4, 1.6.0.6 as per switches 7&8. The bootloader on Switch 6 would not upgrade to V1.6.0.1-VB. How can I force it to do this.
As you correctly mentioned, only 1.5.0.4 firmware came budled with the 1.4.0.5 bootloader versions for the two chipset/hardware versions. To my knowlege, no bootloader updates were made available after that (up and including 1.6.0.6 firmware).
No idea if the V1.6.0.1-VB is for yet nother new hardware variant (Model does also show GS105PE-100000S for the one which came wit a newer bootloader?) or if Netgear does not see any urgent reason to update the VB hardware version to the newer code. YeZ can you plese check this with the product manager or engineering?
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