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Hey folks got a question from a non literate computer person. So i got an email from netgear saying my router needs a firmware update for security reason. So i followed the link to their page and cli...
> When i downloaded the file from netgear i would double click and every
> time it said the file was corrupt and would not open.
Did "the file from netgear" have a name? Was it a ".zip" archive?
Zip archives have important data near the end of the archive. If the
file gets truncated during a file transfer, then you can get some kind
of corrupt-archive error message because those important data are
missing. The size of WNDR4500v3-V1.0.0.48.zip (as I fetched it) is
14286683 bytes, and the file I got was undamaged:
pro3$ unzip -t WNDR4500v3-V1.0.0.48.zip
Archive: WNDR4500v3-V1.0.0.48.zip
testing: WNDR4500v3-V1.0.0.48.img OK
testing: WNDR4500v3-V1.0.0.48_Release_Notes.html OK
No errors detected in compressed data of WNDR4500v3-V1.0.0.48.zip.
Thanks for the response michael. When i downloaded the file from netgear i would double click and every time it said the file was corrupt and would not open. When i tried logging in i tried the password on the back which is the one i use to connect my computer and iphone and i also tried my other password for my netgear account online neither one will work. Thanks again.
> When i downloaded the file from netgear i would double click and every
> time it said the file was corrupt and would not open.
Did "the file from netgear" have a name? Was it a ".zip" archive?
Zip archives have important data near the end of the archive. If the
file gets truncated during a file transfer, then you can get some kind
of corrupt-archive error message because those important data are
missing. The size of WNDR4500v3-V1.0.0.48.zip (as I fetched it) is
14286683 bytes, and the file I got was undamaged:
pro3$ unzip -t WNDR4500v3-V1.0.0.48.zip
Archive: WNDR4500v3-V1.0.0.48.zip
testing: WNDR4500v3-V1.0.0.48.img OK
testing: WNDR4500v3-V1.0.0.48_Release_Notes.html OK
No errors detected in compressed data of WNDR4500v3-V1.0.0.48.zip.
Thanks for the help antinode i finally got the update i was entering the wrong username. They zip file i got was 13kb and it said error file is corrupt could not mount. But i did get the update. Thanks again for taking time to help.