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Lmanley
Nov 30, 2019Follower
Ac1200 WiFi router
Keep getting error that says Firmware Error. Have unplugged and replugged everything. Don’t know what else to do!
plemans
Dec 01, 2019Guru - Experienced User
like michaelkenward said, how are you getting this error? Are you trying to update through the app, the browser? Whats going on?
I always recommend that for updating routers to hardwire into the router and follow the manual update procedure. It tends to have the least errors/problems.
https://kb.netgear.com/23960/How-do-I-manually-upgrade-firmware-to-my-NETGEAR-router