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Downgrading firmware
Because of DNS issues in the latest revision, I am trying to downgrade my firmware from V1.4.2.84_1.3.42 to R7900P-V1.4.1.62_1.3.22. I select the .chk file but after a few seconds of uploading it sa...
Where on earth is Netgear in this debacle? This has been an issue for months. I still get "DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN".
Now it is not only impacting webrowsing but I suspect another application that uses DNS.
It is hard to believe that a company for whom this is core business has not fixed this yet.
So you'll need to downgrade to prior FW version or what worked for you.
Robwuk wrote:
Where on earth is Netgear in this debacle? This has been an issue for months. I still get "DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN".
Now it is not only impacting webrowsing but I suspect another application that uses DNS.It is hard to believe that a company for whom this is core business has not fixed this yet.
I did downgrade to V1.4.2.84_1.3.42 with the help of netgear support. But I am now still getting the issue.
v.84 is the recent version of FW so you'll need to downgrade to something older then this version. Try v.62?
Robwuk wrote:
I did downgrade to V1.4.2.84_1.3.42 with the help of netgear support. But I am now still getting the issue.
I get a connection reset shortly after beginning upload of either 62 or 66 to the router. Any ideas? What might I be doing wrong? And thanks for the help.
Regards,
Rob
