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New - RAX120 / RAX120v2 Firmware Version 1.2.8.40 Released
New Features:
Supports the XunYou gaming feature (for China only)
Removes the gaming feature, Funjsq (was supported for China only)
Enhancements:
Improves system stability. <Maybe a fix...
On the router admin page it offered a "new official firmware", V1.2.9.52. But on the router's product web page:
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax120#download
The latest firmware available to download is still V1.2.8.40.
What gives? Has the page not been updated? Or is this "official" firmware bogus/intercepted?
ekso wrote:
On the router admin page it offered a "new official firmware", V1.2.9.52.
Which page is that? If you mean the browser graphical user interface (GUI), there are any number of "admin" pages. Do you mean the Router Update section in Advanced > Administration?
Netgear has several channels for firmware updates. The product support page is usually the most up to date. But there is also the FTP server which will feed you updates if you try the Router Update route.
Then there is the Nighthawk App, which is increasingly Netgear's preferred way of doing anything.
Has the page not been updated?
That would not be the first time that that has happened.
The Advanced/Administration/Firmware Update on 192.168.1.1:
While the product page lists an older version only:
NG seems to be pushing via AU this week and should be posting it to the download page soon.
FURRYe38 wrote:
NG seems to be pushing via AU this week and should be posting it to the download page soon.
I assume that "AU" means automatic update, one of those abbreviations known only to propeller heads who can't speak human.
If so, that is probably the most cockeyed and dangerous way of going about an update.
The older pattern of making new firmware available on device support pages gave early adopters an opportunity to kick the tyres on a new version before it was unleashed on the great unwashed. This has prevented some worrying releases from escaping into the wild.
Now the first sign of any damage will be when some poor soul wakes up and finds that, thanks to an overnight update, their router is bust.
The wisest thing to do now is to check to see if auto update is enabled and to turn it off.
Then, wait a few days for user reports here of any issues.
