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R6300v2 and Facebook Wi-Fi
Dear community, I just have bought Netgear R6300v2 to use it in my bar with Facebook Wi-Fi function. The latest available firmware V1.0.4.6_10.0.76 is installed, Guest access is enabled, but every t...
Hi folks,
I have exactly the same issue, facebook wifi option totally stuns the netgear r6300v2 router. After clicking on configure button a new tab is opened - https://www.facebook.com/wifiauth/config?gw_id= - and the router GUI becomes unresponsive (only if I unplug and plug back the AC adapter I can enter the GUI again). I have the latest firmware (V1.04.6_10.0.76) and latest Netgear Genie (V2.4.34) which btw is totally useless for facebook wifi feature simply because there is no such option anywhere in Netgear Genie app (only basic router settings there). I've also noticed that if using Chrome or any chromium browser (Comodo, Torch etc ...) for GUI, the facebook wifi button is not visible because its hidden behind the help bar in lower part of the window (I actually made it by using the tab button on keyboard to select that option and hit enter - of course the poor router got stunned again even from chrome after hitting the configure button). GUI works fine from Firefox and IE but still the only thing that configure button for facebook wifi can do is to stun the GUI (router itself still works, internet connection is OK but the GUI becomes unresponsive, even with closing the page and trying from other browsers I can't login to router anymore unless I unplug the AC and plug back in). I've searched and searched for the solution but nada, and I'm really good in searching for solutions ...
I think its a bug in the firmware but I wont downgrade it cos I've already lost too much time with this toy router, hope that Netgear will fix this issue soon.
Hi pcebavaro,
1. Does the issue persist when using other device/s (another computer, mobile device)?
2. Have you tried doing a factory reset?
3. Have you tried re-flashing the latest firmware?
Regards,
Dexter
Community Team
Hi Dexter,
I am also directed to a "page not found" error on the following link: https://www.facebook.com/wifiauth/config?gw_id=
My firmware is
V1.0.4.6_10.0.76Any help appreciated.
Hello Dexter,
Same problem with my router as well. It rediredirecting me to this page "https://www.facebook.com/wifiauth/config?gw_id=" which shows this page is broken. The GUI is not responding soon after this page opens.
One more thing is that it shows a router firmgrade is available but when tring to install it after the download it shows an error
Here is my update and what I did.
I bought a "certified" router from amazon. It never worked with facebook, I oppened two cases with facebook and they just don´t care.
Trying to get this working in another way I noticed that It was asking me to update the firmware, and every method returned me with an error. So I decided to look for another method, and I found a "simple" way to do it with hotspot system that required to update the firmware with ddwrt. At the beginning I found the problem that I couldn't update the firmware with the correct "version". Then I found that the problem was that my "certified refurbrished" router was actually a Charter ISP one but it was, maybe on pourpuse, misslabeled.
What I did is to try to install the R6300v2CH (Charter ISP) firmware from ddrt, and then, after creating an account with hotspotsystem, configurated it.
It works kind of well, the thing that I've seen with my android and my ios is that the "login" button is blank so you have to guess that you have to touch it, but it's very natural to do, since there is no much information on the login screen. The other thing that I've seen is that on Samsung phones, the connection pop up window does not appear most of the times, and is not easy to connect, I hope that they are taking care of this.
I hope this helps you to enable your hotspots with facebook or twitter (which is why I bought mine) Should you have any doubts or questions, write a reply here and I will try to help you the best as I can.
Hi pcebavaro,
I would like to follow up and check if you are still experiencing the issue.
Regards,
Dexter
Community Team
Hi,
I also having similar issue here. When i click "Configure" under "Adcanced Setup --> Facebook WIfi", it will link to https://www.facebook.com/wifiauth/config?gw_id= but the page is not available (with message below). Tried on IE and Google Chrome. Can you please help?
Firmware version: V1.0.4.6_10.0.76
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