Firmware download GSS116E only shows Prosafe Plus config utility - V2

tthurman,

My bad. :(  I apologize for that.  I already removed that response on this forum thread.  Just ignore it. 

Regards,

DaneA

NETGEAR Community Team

This is still hopeless.  The page in the download centre still contains no firmware. The Security Advisory still says to go and download it.  The firmware linked above is not for the GSS116E the OP enquired about (its name suggests it, my switch bouncing it confirmed it).

Perhaps tthurman could edit their post and remove the message that was sent _privately_ to the two of us. It's now confusing everyone...

That would help yes, I am not used to this forums software either, don't know how I missed that someone else had already tried the linked firmware.

Still though, the problem is that there is no firmware and a three month old security advisory that says I need to install it.

There was no private message, it was just an email generated to alert a reply to the thread had been made.  DaneA says to ingnore it just a few posts up......

Perahaps Netgear should release a bug free firmware.

The email I got concerning an urgent update was in regard to an exploit in the ProSafe Plus Utility, not the firmware.  It's concerning you got an alert concerning the firmware, while some of us apparently did not.

Version 1.0.0.5 is extremely buggy,  I immediately started experiencing problems after upgrading.  I don't think you want any part of it!  I've had old 10/100 hubs that switch packets more effiecntly then this switch running this firmware.

1.0.0.2 was far more reliable.

The alert is linked to in my post above. 

I guess I just need to wait. My experience is that Netgear get there in the end which is why I use nothing else. I am, at least, not on the ...5 firmware. Sounds terrible. 

I must have posted the incorrect title, but I have now noticed that the 1.0.0.6 firmware is now available again. (Which I installed back in July)

Any reason why it's suddenly back?

On a side note, both of my ClickSwitches "lost" their DHCP leases and defaulted to 192.168.0.239, I had to disable/renable the DHCP setting to pick up and IP address again...

Thanks for this, have updated my switch from 1.0.0.0.  The Release Notes say:

• There was an issue with v1.0.0.0. VLANs and Link Aggression stop working when GSS116E is booted up and when firmware is being upgraded from v1.0.0.0. The issue is fixed in v1.0.0.2 or newer versions

I wasn't sure if it necessarily applied to me (I was going to 1.0.0.6 which is a 'newer version').  However, it went a bit further than the update wrecking my LAG: Trying to upload the 1.0.6 firmware over LAG failed to even update the firmware.  I had to break the LAG to get the update to work.  I then did the bootloader as per the release notes.

The release notes are otherwise great.  When I couldn't go from 1.0.0.0 over the web UI and read the notes it was clear I had to use the prosafe utility.

Mickatroid,

Thanks for sharing. :)   

@Eaglehawk / tthurman / @Mickatroid,

Let us know if you have further inquiries about the firmware of the GSS116E switch.  Otherwise, if ever your concern has been addressed or resolved, I encourage you to mark the appropriate reply as the “Accepted Solution” so others can be confident in benefiting from the solution. The NETGEAR Community looks forward to hearing from you and being a helpful resource in the future!

Regards,

DaneA

NETGEAR Community Team