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Just received this email...looks fishy. Discussion in July 2016 on this subject was "solved"...is this email legit or not? Security Vulnerability: VU#582384 The Vulnerability: NETG...
Nothing fishy about it, although that is a natural response. Just Netgear keeping customers informed:
Solved: Two leading Netgear routers are vulnerable to a se... - NETGEAR Communities
There's plenty more where that came from.
Did you follow the links in the email you received?
When try downloading the firmware update I get a pop up box that says "all wireless connections will be terminated". Is this a normal request; is it permenent?
Nighthawk AC1900
Thanks in advance.
Downloading from where? Using a hard (wired) connection or a wifi link?
If you are saving the file locally, then when you upload the firmware flash it will close your internet connection and reboot the modem/router. The wifi will come back on then.
Thanks for the reply. Downnloading from Netgear website and using a hardwire connection as recommended.
Yes, I saved the file to my hard drive; so it sounds like if I continue with the download the terminations will not be permenent?
Thanks again.
Fred__ wrote:
Yes, I saved the file to my hard drive; so it sounds like if I continue with the download the terminations will not be permenent?The update process will turn off everything, including the wifi and the modem/router itself, while it write the new firmware into the memory.
When it restarts, everything should come back to life again.
Ok, I'll give it a try. Thank you very much for the info.