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After updating R7800 to firmware 1.0.2.36 Time Machine can't see network drive
After updating R7800 to firmware 1.0.2.36 Time Machine can't see network drive. I can' connect to the drive but it won't show up under Time Machine drive select. It was working fine in the previous v...
Updating the firmware to Voxel's custome firmware fixed the issue.
Fixed in 1.0.2.38 although it does not say it is, it is.
After doing some tests, the new firmware (1.0.2.38) fixed the smb (drive access via Finder) but it did not fix the afp (apple file protocol) ,which is required for time machine. I went back to the Voxel firmware.
The easiest way to see if the afp is working is to go to the Finder Menu then Go-> Connect to server and type this afp://YOUR_ROUTER_NAME [Your router name can be found in the router web page (Advanced->ReadyShare->Basic Settings].
So I was wrong when I said earlier that it was fixed, it was not fixed in 1.0.2.38 (at least for me)
Use a firmware prior to 1.0.2.36 or use Voxel's firmware for the X4S (Google it, it is easy to find)
Dont ever use old firmware with security vulnerabilities. Some are really serious and you should run Voxels latest or netgears, even Voxel agrees on that in a post on on snb. Don't give out bad information please it puts users at risk.
Killhippie wrote:
Dont ever use old firmware with security vulnerabilities.
While this is generally sound advice, some security vulnerabilities depend on how you run your hardware. For example, if you worry about the KRACK issue, this affects routers only if you put them into bridge mode:
Netgear updated that advisory earlier this week.
If KRACK really scares you, then stop using any wifi clients you own. That's where the danger lies.
I'm not worried about Krack that much tb, I don't run in AP mode and slowly my clients are being updated. Personally when Netgear say to update to avoid a command injection vulnarbility, well I think you should, it would be nice though if they didn't add more bugs to their rickety code with each update. Also metioning 'krack' that Netgear article says for R7800 firmware prior to 1.0.2.36 yet does not say its fixed in R7800 (I dont think it is) which is not helpful.
Killhippie wrote:
....it would be nice though if they didn't add more bugs to their rickety code with each update.
You can say that again. This seems to be the cause of too many recent problems.
Netgear rushes to plug a security issues that does not affect most users – and that takes quite some effort to exploit – but in the process manages to break important things.
The solution seems to be to stick with the old firmware that works and leave your router in router mode. Then get all your wifi clients fixed if the KRACK thing rally worries you.
