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R6120 Firmware Problem
How do I update my firmware without wireless internet? My firmware was updating when my router lost power. Now I can't access the interent to complete the firmware installation and the power light is...
did you extract it?
You don't actually "open" it to upload it.
You extract it once downloaded and then log into the router and follow the manual install process.
How do I manually update the firmware on my NETGEAR router? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
When I click extract, it takes the files to a folder and the only available files are the release notes and a disc image file. Am I doing something wrong?
nope. the disc image file is the one that gets uploaded. follow the manual update process that I linked to now.
plemans wrote:
nope. the disc image file is the one that gets uploaded. follow the manual update process that I linked to now.
It isn't actually a " disc image file". Just something with the same extension.
Just to make life entertaining, for some devices Netgear provides firmware as .chk files
