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blasf69
Aspirant
Nov 18, 2020

RAX35V2 Walmart special

Hello, I just purchased a Netgear Nighthawk AX4 AX3000 4 stream router. On the bottom sticker Model: RAX35  When I log into the web interface the model displayed is RAX35V2  I searched google for R...
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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Nov 18, 2020

WPA3 was *supposed* to be backwards compatible. Not all devices (tablets, phones, etc) haven't played nicely with it. 

In terms of the v2, it could have been a hardware change during testing. I've been involved in betas that had to have changes done to the hardware due to issues found during the beta. Technically the released is a V2 but its considered V1 since it wasn't the released product. Maybe that's what you're seeing? 

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    blasf69
    Aspirant
    Nov 19, 2020

    Thanks for your quick response! Well the reason for all this is because I was trying to upgrade the firmware. I wanted to upgrade firmware and configure the router before I hooked it up to the internet. So I downloaded firmware for RAX35 since that's what the sticker says and tried upgrading firmware.

    The RAX35 zip file contains RAX35-V1.0.3.80_1.0.1.img  and RAX35-V1.0.3.80_1.0.1_Release_Notes.html

    From the administrator menu I select Router Update, then select the .img file and hit upload and receive the following error:

    Please assign the correct file. The file format is *.chk

    Seems weird if they completely switched firmware formats from .img files to .chk files in between one model, right? I dunno.

    I didn't see the v2 in the upper left until after attempting the upgrade. So I considered myself lucky I didn't brick anything, heh.
    also in the upper left:
    Firmware Version V1.0.2.32_2.0.38
                                                   ^ I'm guessing this denotes V2?
     
     
    • plemans's avatar
      plemans
      Guru - Experienced User
      Nov 19, 2020

      I didn't even find that firmware for any of the RAX devices. Or anything on a V2 other than the FCC 

      Christian_R Any idea whats going on with this version? 

      • Eagle-Two's avatar
        Eagle-Two
        Apprentice
        Nov 20, 2020

        If you go to the downloads link in the banner and type in RAX35, I see both v1 and v2 routers. When I compare product data sheets, I see v2 has a different processor and Netgear Armor. The firmware versions also looks to be different. I have a RAX35v1 with disconnect issues when AX is enabled so hopefully you have more success with v2. In the router administration under Advanced, Administration, and Router Update, you should be able to check to see if there is a newer firmware version.