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New - RBR750 / RBS750 Firmware Version 4.6.8.2 Released
New Features: 04/27/2022
Supports Smart Parental Control (SPC)
Removes the remote management feature from the router web interface (if disabled at time of update) to improve router security.
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CrimpOn. Thanks for the pointer. I took a look. The whole strategy centers around trying to block the sites where the auto-update virus resides.
The way to deal with virus, there are two groups of strategies: 1) avoid getting the virus; 2) try to wipe out the virus after you gets it.
Most of the discussion and solutions offered in this forum belong to strategy 2. Manual update, factory reset, is a way to wipe out the auto-update virus launched by the NG team. So far, 2 has worked for me in the recent few firmware-update iterations. But the clever auto-update virus team at NG may decide later to remove the manual-update option in their admin tool -- who knows. Infecting the Orbi community with their auto-update virus seems to be their mission, and giving the community no way to evade the virus seems to their mission.
As for strategy 1, I actually found a number strategies that have been closed out by the auto-update virus team at NG. I suppose the team at NG mutates the auto-update to circumvent these strategies also.
Maybe the long-term solution is to surrender and move to routers of another brand.
For anyone wanting to block automatic upgrades from Netgear, it's fairly simple if you have the right tools to do it. Note that the following guide only applies for people like myself who have an ISP router without the capability to block websites. You could always follow these instructions on your ISP router if it works for you.
Simply use a DNS blocker like pihole on a Raspberry Pi, or a service like NextDNS.io. Set your DNS under the Internet configuration to either the Pihole or NextDNS. You can use the no-ip functionality to ensure NextDNS always has the right IP address of your home to identify your traffic.
Add the following wildcard addresses to your blocklist. This will stop the router from communicating with the update server(s).
For added peace of mind, you could also use Netgear's parental blocking feature to block http.fw.updates1.netgear.com as well. You can never be too sure!
My system has not automatically updated since I've done this. I'm on v3, though!
Trying to help reproduce this no router web page log in problem. I reverted FW back to v.13 on my 750 last nite. Didn't factory reset. Just downgraded. Left it to see if it would update. I found this morning that it updated to v.2 around 1am this morning. I was able to log into the RBRs web page just fine. Even the debug page using MS Edge. Not sure what is happening with AU.
For anyone seeing this, I recommend you manually download FW and apply updates. Then factory reset and setup from scratch.
Seem to work better for some:
Please detail how we are supposed to manually update the router with no access to it either via IP address or app.
Have the FW files already downloaded on a PC or laptop.
You'll need to factory reset the RBR and setup from scratch. I would disconnect the RBR from the the ISP modem.
Press the reset button for 15 seconds then release.
Use MS Edge, FireFox or Opera.
HTTP and 192.168.1.1 should get you to the setup wizard.Walk thru the setup wizard and complete it. Write down all important information for safe keeping.
Once the setup wizard completes you should be able to re-upload FW:
