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Re: New - CAX80 Firmware Version 5.1.1.8 Released
Anyone who owns CAX80, do not use this firmware. Unfortunately for me, the firmware was automatically updated for me last night and it completely brought my unit to its knees, so much so that I r...
I engaged with NG support, and they provided me with a guide for all the things that they need. I captured the logs, screenshots, my modem settings, etc. for both firmware versions for their review.
Long story short, I have to install the older version of the fw each morning as the unit would automatically update itself.
Do you get a case number? Please PM me that case #.
NG is now looking into this issue.
Can you post your default LAN side DHCP IP address range on the modem and also please post the Port Forward configuration you have on the modem?
DHCP IP address range: 192.168.0.200 to 192.168.0.254
As for port forwarding, any port number just wouldn't work: 80,443, 21, 22, you name it.
From what I can see in the log that I generated for NG, it seems like the port forwarding clashes with some of the new security fixes that they have implemented for 5.1.1.8.
My biggest request is to add the option where automatic updates can be disabled. Honestly, I don't care about the security features as I have run pfSense and piHole to protect my LAN from external threats.