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MarcinAus's avatar
MarcinAus
Aspirant
Oct 19, 2017

Firmware update for N600 Router

I have been trying to apply a firmware upgrade for our N600 router. I've followed all the Netgear instructuctions but the main problem is the zip file downloaded from the website can't be opened - a message appears :"The disk image file is corrupted". Any thoughts - thx
N600 Router

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  • antinode's avatar
    antinode
    Guru
    Oct 19, 2017

    > [...] our N600 router. [...]

       "N600" is a speed, not a model number.  Ever helpful, Netgear
    product packaging emphasizes speeds like "Nxxx", but that's not the
    model identifier.

    > [...] the zip file downloaded from the website can't be opened - a
    > message appears :"The disk image file is corrupted".

       When you do what, exactly?  On what kind of computer?

       What you should do is download the ".zip" archive, and extract the
    files therein.  If you use Safari to do that download, then it may
    automatically extract the contents of the ".zip" archive; with another
    browser, you should be able to get contents extracted by double-clicking
    on the downloaded ".zip" archive in a Finder window.

       Then, read the Release Notes file, which should include the
    instructions for how to load the firmware into the router.  Hint:
    Double-clicking on the ".img" file is not the way.