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Logandros
Apr 28, 2026Aspirant
None of my port forwarding works now
Unfortunately I was up early yesterday. Downloaded the 12.1.8.7 and updated my firmware before it was pulled. None of my port forwarding works now. I've tried rebooting and removing and re-adding the...
- Apr 28, 2026
Doing a factory reset got my port forward working again. Hoping there are no other issues or stability issues using this unreleased version. If so I would like to request the transition firmware to keep it handy.
Logandros
Apr 28, 2026Aspirant
Doing a factory reset got my port forward working again. Hoping there are no other issues or stability issues using this unreleased version. If so I would like to request the transition firmware to keep it handy.
FURRYe38
Apr 28, 2026Guru - Experienced User
Glad the reset working along with a DNS flush. Seems like something may have got left behind and FR cleared it out. Will keep this in mind.
Please keep v12 loaded for now and if you run into anything, please post about it first so we can check it before attempting to downgrade.
Glad you got it working. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/000062080/How-do-I-back-up-the-configuration-settings-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-System
Enjoy. 📡