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Email from Netgear? - Important Security Firmware Update from NETGEAR
I received an email from Netgear entitled 'Important Security Firmware Update from NETGEAR'. Since I never trust emails that just 'pop-up' in my inbox, especially ones inviting me to install new fir...
there's an issue at the server end. your router is fine. I also received the email and it looks legitimate to me. NG sometimes sends mails when they think an update is (very) important and you shouldn't miss it
Thanks.
This is what I suspected, but I thought it wise to alert Netgear that there might be an issue.
All done now.
Normally, you'll only receiver emails from NG if you have a registered product. At least I suspect so since I have 2 registered products (an R7000 and an R7800 router) and in the email I got both routers were listed. Both of my routers were registered shortly after purchase
I actually have four Netgear products registered, but only three are currently in full use (one old DGND3700 is currently being used in a private network to act as a switch and wireless router with no connection to the Internet).
In the past, I've generally found out about updates by logging into the device and asking it to check.