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Unable to load new firmware on R6300v2
My Router (1.0.4.2) is reporting a new version is available (1.0.4.46_10.0.93) but it fails to download the file internally...
When I went to the Netgear download site and chose my model it shows that there is an even newer version available: 1.0.4.52
I manually downloaded and extracted the file but the router reports that both are invalid:
This firmware file is incorrect! Please get the firmware file again and make sure it is the correct firmware for this product.
Just in the 4.46 version there are 27 fixes applied, I really want to get updated... HELP!
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prior to uploading it, did you extract the download?
right click on the file you download (if on windows) and extract it.
Then try it.
Indeed, I extracted it before trying to apply... Previous to extracting I tried to apply it as a .zip and it returned a "not a .chk file" error.
> This firmware file is incorrect! [...]
What is the name of that "incorrect!" "firmware file"?
> [...] Previous to extracting I tried to apply it as a .zip and it
> returned a "not a .chk file" error.As it should have.
If you really do have an R6300v2, and you're really specifying a file
like "R6300v2-V1.0.4.52_10.0.93.chk", and the router hates it, then I'd
try a smaller jump. "1.0.4.2" to "1.0.4.52" in one step might be too
far. It's unusual, but such things have been reported.
