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Can't BLOCK my kid's access
I want to block access to my daughter's chromebook so she'll go to bed and then turn it on later after she's awake. Or at least threaten her that I can do it. I have turned on Access Control. W...
How do I "reinstall" a firmware? I currently have my router set to auto update.
Hmmmm... I like your other idea too about putting her over to guest network. But I'd still like to know why the Blocking feature is screwed up.
Thanks for the options! I appreciate you responding :) Stay inside and be safe sir.
DaVooD wrote:How do I "reinstall" a firmware? I currently have my router set to auto update.------follow the manual update procedure from the manual. It tells you how to update.
Hmmmm... I like your other idea too about putting her over to guest network. But I'd still like to know why the Blocking feature is screwed up.-----if you were using the app, maybe it was just the app. Have you tried it through the browser?
Thanks for the options! I appreciate you responding :) Stay inside and be safe sir.
Hmmmm... does the manual tell you how to "downgrade" the firmware to a previous build? I should be able to find the pdf manual.
I don't know about you, but I find their phone app spotty and most of time doens't work, that's why I really only use my pc. I open a Chrome browser window and login to routerlogin.net
I'm wondering now if I should just go ahead and do a hard factory reset as much as I hate to do it. Just sucks that an expensive router like this has stupid little glitches like this. Sigh... such is technology right? This isn't enough to make me toss it in the bin and change brands, but it's close!
downgrading follows the same install process as the manual firmware upgrade. but instead of selecting the newer firmware, you download the older firmware and install that.
I'd have to agree that the app process is a bit bogus. we get most of our firmware issues/corruption from the app.
If you do a factory reset, you can do a backup prior and re-install using that. the vast majority of the time, that works fine. Its just when the firmware changes really significantly (like the upgrades to netgear armor)
DaVooD wrote:
I should be able to find the pdf manual.
If you visit the support pages:
Support | NETGEAR
you can feed in your model number and find the documentation for your hardware.
As plemans says, look for an explanation of how to manually apply new firmware.Take your pick of firmware from the library that you will find on the above page.
Thanks for ideas and replies! You all have been great. I'm going to try backing up like plemans suggested so I don't have to reconfig everything again and then do a hard reset. Gotta do it now when everyone in the house is asleep and not online. Wish me luck!
