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RAXE500 firmware update?
I received an email from Netgear saying that there was an important security update available for my model. I tried to update my RAXE500 router from firmware version xx.xx.86.xx to xx.xx.96.xx It t...
DO NOT attempt to open the .chk file in Mac OS. The file gets used and sent down thru the routers WEB UI page. Open the routers WEB UI page in a web browser and send the .chk file there.
pjd813 wrote:
Hi,
When I do the download I get a zip file that has two files; 1) an HTML file that takes me to a page that describes the update and 2) a file with a .chk extension and my Mac says it has no application to open that file type.
DO NOT attempt to open the .chk file in Mac OS. The file gets used and sent down thru the routers WEB UI page. Open the routers WEB UI page in a web browser and send the .chk file there.
pjd813 wrote:
Hi,
When I do the download I get a zip file that has two files; 1) an HTML file that takes me to a page that describes the update and 2) a file with a .chk extension and my Mac says it has no application to open that file type.
That worked. I did the update using the web UI from Safari on my iPad.
Thanks!
Pete D.
pjd813 wrote:
That worked. I did the update using the web UI from Safari on my iPad.
That is what you would have discovered from reading the manual or the KnowledgeBase article I linked to.
