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Steeler58's avatar
Steeler58
Follower
Mar 17, 2022

Firmware upgrade on an XR1000

How long does a firmware upgrade take

7 Replies

  • michaelkenward's avatar
    michaelkenward
    Guru - Experienced User
    Mar 17, 2022
    Steeler58 wrote:
    How long does a firmware upgrade take

    If you are asking about the time for the firmware to write to the router, a few minutes is about right.

     

    If you want to know how long it takes for new firmware to arrive in the support forum or the update server, that varies.

     

    For a detailed response, you'll have to tell us a bit more than that bald question.

     

    PS I have moved this discussion to the appropriate section of the Netgear community, the area where they talk about gaming routers.

     

     

     

     

  • Netduma-Liam's avatar
    Netduma-Liam
    NetDuma Partner
    Mar 18, 2022

    As above, the firmware upgrade itself will take about 5 minutes.

     

    As for new firmware, we don't yet have an ETA for when there'll be a new one released but we are currently working on it.

    • maxwb46's avatar
      maxwb46
      Tutor
      Apr 06, 2022

      My 2 week old XR1000 router has been updating for over 15 min. What gives? Now I'm in limbo as I don't know when it will reboot and I need to do a large download. Did I make a mistake in buying this? I was replacing my  5 year old Asus and the new Asus I tried out still had some of the some issues as the old. So I'm trying this XR1000 and I'm NOT happy. While rebooting it (the correct way) yesterday, I had to reload so much that I nearly took my 5 lb hammer to it. WHAT GIVES NETGEAR!?!?!?!? It has been over 20 now and still has not finished!