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Firmware upgrade on an XR1000
How long does a firmware upgrade take
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!
Should not take over 5 minutes to update FW.
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I would probably factory reset the router first, setup basics, then manually load FW using a wired PC and web browser:
https://kb.netgear.com/23960/How-do-I-manually-update-the-firmware-on-my-NETGEAR-router