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XAV101 - problem after firmware update
I have two XAV101's. They were working fine when installed out of the box. But I wanted to set up the network security and I couldn't seem to get that to work with the buttons, so I installed the Co...
tstumpe wrote: Had exactly the same problem with firmware upgrade and found out, that the version of updated firmware was NOT identically to the one which is mentioned in the description of current Config Utility release (given on support page). Don´t know why, but probably the Config Utility forces and upgrade to an older, instable FW version. Nevertheless, Netgear support wasn´t able to help! They told me to perform the upgrade only if the powerline adapter is locally connected to the PC. Did it for both devices which I just have returned, but again with the same result! I returned the devices a second time and will now skip the prompt for FW upgrade. By the way: Who is responsible for the really bad german translation of the Config Utility and the upgrade tool? There´s no way to select the install-language, even after de-installation and re-installation it will bring back the ugly german version ..... Can´t believe all this!!!!!!! This is not worth the money and nerves it costs .......
Do yourself a favor and go to the site mentioned above and use the Intellion tools and firmware and be done with it... Let's face it, the Netgear support is useless anyway, so why stick with their "version" of the firmware and utlities when you can get the stuff directly from the folks that REALLY make this product (Intellion)!