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Belaus
Initiate
Mar 04, 2022

RAX 40 Region Locked to North America Script Change won't stick

So in 'Wireless' the 'Region Selection' setting was lcoked on 'North America' and the drop-down was locked. I'm in Australia.

I went into the script elements and deleted the 'disabled' in the text which then released the drop-down menu, chose Australia, clicked 'Apply', let the router do its thing.

Once it's finished, it's back to being 'North America' and the dropdown is locked again!

How do I make it keep the script change I made?!

 

<select id="wireless_region" name="WRegion" size="1" onchange="chgCh(1)" disabled="">
<option value="0">--- Select Region ---</option>
<option value="3">Australia</option>
<option value="5">Europe</option>
<option value="8">Korea</option>
<option value="7">Japan</option>
<option selected="" value="11">North America</option>
<option value="16">China</option>
<option value="4">Canada</option>
</select>

 

Help much appreciated - it's driving me crazy!

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  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru
    Mar 04, 2022

    Are you modifying it through telnet? If so, I faintly remember people using the burnsku command. 

    If you google burnsku and netgear, you might get a few examples

    • Belaus's avatar
      Belaus
      Initiate
      Mar 07, 2022

      Hi, many thanks for your response. No, I'm accessing the Element code direct from Chrome by right-clicking on the Region Box and selecting 'Inspect'. That's where I can see that the Region text has a 'disabled' text in its string. Deleting it produces a drop down and allows me to select my (Australia) region, but on 'Apply' it simply reverts to its old setting.

      I'm wondering if i'm missing something in the string, because i'm not a programmer!

      • plemans's avatar
        plemans
        Guru
        Mar 07, 2022

        That doesn't reprogram the router. That's why it isn't retained. You can change whatever you want on the display code but since it isn't changing it in the router, nothing saves/changes. 

         

        The FCC locked the north american region for devices sold here. 

        You used to be able to telnet into a router to change regions. Sadly, netgear has been removing the telnet option for routers. 

        You can try googling telnet burnsku and see the instructions to see if it'd work for your device.