RAX80 New Firmware Released 1.0.1.70

Luminary

Dec 15, 2019

GabboCH wrote:
Can someone share the release notes?
Hereshowing 64 as the latest firmware.

In an exchange with level 2 support 2 days ago they told me they had no information from the Engineering Team regarding the Wi-Fi connectivity problems & didn't mention this new firmware....

Will be interesting to know if the Wi-Fi connection it's stable with this update...

Here are the release notes listed for upgrade to 1.0.1.70 from 1.0.1.56. I had to downgrade to 1.0.1.56 again because LAN / WAN are still disconnecting then reconnecting at random times causing internet disconnections on Ethernet / Wi-Fi

1. [New Features] Adds an option to show or hide the wireless password on the Wireless Setup page.

2. [Bug Fixes] The Wireless Setup page displayed the wrong channel list for the 5GHz band.

3. [Bug Fixes] The GUI contained language translation errors.

4. [Bug Fixes] Other minor bugs.

5. [Bug Fixes] If the device name on Attached Devices page was changed, rebooting the router restored the device name back to the default name.

6. [Bug Fixes] If the router's GUI language was set to Chinese, the language changed back to English after the configuration file was restored.

7. [Bug Fixes] The success page displayed a "Page not found" message if a non-English browser was used.

8. [Bug Fixes] Fixes minor bugs.

9. [Bug Fixes] Fixes security issues.

10. [Security Fixes] This firmware fixes security issues.

11. [Bug Fixes] The correct 5 GHz channels now displays when the Korea and India regions are selected.

12. [Bug Fixes] The default Beacon interval is now set to 100 and the DTIM is now set to 3.

13. [Bug Fixes] Improve 2.4GHz Auto channel selection algorithm.

14. [Bug Fixes] Client devices with only IPv6 address are now able to access the router web interface using www.routerlogin.com.

15. [Bug Fixes] Fixes minor bugs.

16. [Security Fixes] This firmware fixes security issues.

17. [Bug Fixes] The block service feature does not work properly if WAN aggregation is enabled.

18. [Bug Fixes] The 2.4 GHz and 5GHz bands are not selectable when bridge mode is enabled.

19. [Bug Fixes] Fixes minor bugs.

GabboCH
Apprentice
Dec 15, 2019
Doesn't seem so convincing as the only real change concerning Wi-Fi was the auto channel selection update from 64 which didn't seem to work (at least channel 1 selected in auto mode gave me non connection from all my devices).

It's also very helpful to just write, "bugfix" or "security" update in the notes...
The products I work on don't go to thousands of consumers but I'd never write that as a release note for a change request.

I'll try it next week & see how it goes for a few days...
At the first sign of dropouts it's back in the box.
PDWhite
Apprentice
Dec 31, 2019
Re:
5. [Bug Fixes] If the device name on Attached Devices page was changed, rebooting the router restored the device name back to the default name.

If this really IS a fix, it has actually broken the ability to edit the stored information on attached devices.
- cliff344
  Apprentice
  Jan 01, 2020
  This new firmware release is still garbage. Still disconnects both wired and wireless devices within 24 hours of a reboot. Works great when freshly rebooted, speed great, but sure to fail within 24 hrs. My R8500 can go months without reboot. This router is not capable or reliable enough to run an HA home. Netgear screwed everyone with this line of product. I changed the time sever to NIST.gov, and it seemed to be more stable, but I noticed every time this thing disconnects, it somehow shows a time/date way ahead of actual time (days ahead). This has to be somehow related. Anyway, $400 back in the box it goes. Thought they would've figured this thing out by now. Netgear played Jessie James on us!

FredAloneForEve

Star

Dec 15, 2019

GabboCH wrote:
Can someone share the release notes?
On the support website it's still showing 64 as the latest firmware.

The release notes:

1. [Security Fixes] This firmware fixes security issues.

2. [Bug Fixes] The block service feature does not work properly if WAN aggregation is enabled.

3. [Bug Fixes] The 2.4 GHz and 5GHz bands are not selectable when bridge mode is enabled.

4. [Bug Fixes] Fixes minor bugs.

GabboCH
Apprentice
Dec 16, 2019
Doesn't sound like any attempt to fix the real problems.....

I flashed this firmware yesterday, (what a horrible process with the Nighthawk app.... Please wait 2 minutes to check you are connected to the network we just asked you to connect to...), no way to skip any of the task, no way to choose router or access point mode...)

I will connect it to my network on wednesday to see if its any better than before.....
- GabboCH
  Apprentice
  Dec 17, 2019
  I had confirmation this morning from my support case worker that the firmware 70 doesnt attempt to fix any of the (not yet accepted) Wifi connectivity issues.....

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RAX80 New Firmware Released 1.0.1.70