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New - RAX35/38/40/42/43/45/54 Firmware Version 1.0.16.132 Released
Bug Fixes: 01/05/2023
Fixes the issue where device list cannot well display all clients detail information.
Security Fixes:
This firmware addresses security vulnerabilities. For more info...
I think this version adds more than what is written in the ChangeLog. It's bigger than the previous one by a whopping 2MB!
One thing I've noticed is that addition of "Protection Engine Version". Not sure what it refers to
Would also be curious to hear about what this 'Protection Engine' is, I see it too when signing into the router on my web browser. No info about what this is, other than a checkbox to enable or disable it. Considering it is enabled by default; probably best to keep it that way. Correlation with the Security Vulnerabilities that were patched I think. Note, this is the RAX40v2.
This showed up on a version of FW for the RAX50V1 a month or so ago. It appears that Netgear has added BitDefender to the firmware as part of a security update.
Enabling protection engine turns it on, disabling turns it off. That is basically the only control there is over it.
On the RAX50V1, I found that it used up quite a large hunk of memory with it enabled.
Noticed that first post of this this year, 1/2024, was original posted date by NG.
Happened to notice that for the 50 series, NG updated the RAX50v1 model on 7/2024, with out changing the FW version."Last Updated:07/11/2024"
All other RAX models have not been updated or changed and update date still reports 1/2024.
TC_in_Montana wrote:
This showed up on a version of FW for the RAX50V1 a month or so ago. It appears that Netgear has added BitDefender to the firmware as part of a security update.
Enabling protection engine turns it on, disabling turns it off. That is basically the only control there is over it.
On the RAX50V1, I found that it used up quite a large hunk of memory with it enabled.
