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R6050 Won't Install Firmware Update
Brand new R6050. I'm wanting to update it to the current firmware. It says it currently has V1.0.1.10_1.0.1; however, when I look at the available versions in the Downloads section of Netgear's web s...
Ok, I've gone through Netgear's uncalled for harassment and they have updated their web site to indicate the correct firmware version. I've verified that the site is now showing v1.0.1.10 as the current version and that the router itself is no longer prompting to be updated.
WAMorgan wrote:
Brand new R6050. I'm wanting to update it to the current firmware. It says it currently has V1.0.1.10_1.0.1; however, when I look at the available versions in the Downloads section of Netgear's web site, it doesn't list this one. The newest "previous versions" is v1.0.1.7_1.0.1.
This can happen for a number of reasons. In this case it looks like your analysis is spot on and Netgear has got its numbers in a twist.
If you look at the numbering of the firmware sequence it starts at Firmware Version 1.0.0.22 rising gradually to Firmware Version 1.0.1.7, before making a giant leap to Firmware Version 1.1.0.10. I would expect it to go next to Firmware Version 1.0.1.10.
Someone else brought this up before, but no one from Netgear responded.
This mismatch may also explain why you keep being offered an update even when there isn't one.
As this is brand new, you have the delight of 90 days free support. If you can be bothered, and can work out how to navigate the support system, you could ask Netgear what is going on.
Whatever you do, if you get someone on the phone politely turn down any exhortation to take out a support contract.
Michael,
Thanks for the reply. There are 2 things that have me suspicious over it not being a typo. The first is, as I mentioned, I've never gotten a router before that had the most current firmware right out of the box. The second is that I don't see a new firmware for the key swap Wi-Fi bug that all their other routers have been receiving, including many of the older routers. So, I was wondering if the 1.1.0 10 is real and if that's supposed to have the key swap patch in it and they have a problem with the wrong download file being offered.
WAMorgan wrote:
Michael,
Thanks for the reply. There are 2 things that have me suspicious over it not being a typo. The first is, as I mentioned, I've never gotten a router before that had the most current firmware right out of the box.
Me neither. That's the first thing I check.
WAMorgan wrote:
The second is that I don't see a new firmware for the key swap Wi-Fi bug that all their other routers have been receiving, including many of the older routers.If that is the WPA2/KRACK thing, then it is too new for some devices to have been fixed. And some devices may not need fixing.
Check this:
This says that firmware version 1.0.1.10 is vulnerable, suggesting that the number may be correct. But is yours running in bridge mode?
No, I'm not running in bridge mode, so it's not acting as a client, which is where the vulnerability is. However, I'd still expect a new firmware to handle the problem for those that are running in bridge mode. So, since there isn't one yet, hopefully there will be shortly and that should take care of the version problem.
Indeed.
The timing of updates is likely to be down to the people who make the chipsets that Netgear, and other device makers, put into their devices. Other brands are in the same boat and have been more forthcoming than Netgear on the source of the problem.
The people at greatest risk are those who have wifi clients, phones and tablets, that run on Android and other operating systems. I wonder how long it will be before updates land there.