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NETGEAR R7800 FIRMWARE v1.0.2.82
NETGEAR R7800 FIRMWARE v1.0.2.82 issues https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/R7800/R7800-V1.0.2.82.zip BE CAREFUL / Read this : https://kb.netgear.com/000063040/R7800-Firmware-Version-1-0...
JayboH wrote:
Calm down please.
We should be so lucky. The resident sociopath is on the loose, trying to score points rather than contribute to the quest for answers to questions asked by those of us trying to work out what to do with an R7800.
The release notes say
Removes the following features: ReadySHARE Vault, OpenDNS (Live parental controls), remote GUI access, and WPS PIN function.
It does not say that it removes support for the Nighthawk App, wjhich would be a major change. That is what Netgear wants us all to use to achieve Anywhere Access (previously known as Remote Management).
Remote Management is now Anywhere Access in the Nighthawk and Orbi apps | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Of course, you do have to enable that in the browser GUI. But that set up process is a local operation.
Enabling your router's remote management | Answer | NETGEAR Support
How do I enable remote access on my router using the Nighthawk app? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Unless Netgear says otherwise, the Nighthawk App is not "remote GUI access". I interpret that as using something like remote access using the router's Internet IP address. But without clarification that's just a guess.
Interestingly, the release notes do not say anything about removing ReadyCLOUD, another "remote" feature.
Perhaps the clue is in "Supports secure HTTP protocol for the router web interface". Or maybe it is the death of OpenDNS. The first will affect how any browser gets into the GUI, local or remote.
The second concerns remote access. With the death of the support for Live parental controls it was possible to get in with a browser GUI to manage things. Maybe that is what dies with the new firmware.
When I can bring myself to try it, I will flash the new firmware and see just what does happen. I don't use ReadySHARE Vault, OpenDNS or WPS PIN.
If it does kill the bits that I do use I can always revert. I just wanted to see if anyone here had tried the new firmware and could report back on their experience.
1.0.2.80 works for me in AP mode. So did 1.0.2.76. Never tried .78, and haven't tried .82 yet.
No disconnects. No WIFI drops.
I download the update and perform the update in the GUI using an Ethernet connection. I don't let the R7800 self-update.
I then hold in a paperclip in the back for 15 seconds and let the device reboot.
I set it up manually in AP mode - using a fixed IP address, not DHCP.
My other options are:
- use the WAN port for the connection to my router
- no DFS channels
- no Smart Connect
- Beamforming on
- no MU-MIMO
- no HT160
- no Media Servers
Does 1.0.2.82 work or just 1.0.2.80?
- I promise I have test the same settings on v1.0.2.82
1.0.2.68 => Firmware upgrade v1.0.2.82
RESET
Ethernet cable from my FIBER BOX ROUTER
is plugged into the WAN (yellow) PLUG of my R7800
Computer is connected with Ethernet cable into a "SWITCH" (BLACK) plug of R7800
R7800 Assistant wizard
choose AP MODE and very simple WIFI SETTINGS
WPA2/AES SSID 2.4GHz = TESTWIFI1
& key = azertyuiopqsdfghjklmwxcvb123456
WPA2/AES SSID 5GHz =TESTWIFI2
key = azertyuiopqsdfghjklmwxcvb123456
192.168.0.200 fixed IP address IN AP MODE
- no DFS channels
- no Smart Connect
- No Beamforming
- no MU-MIMO
- no HT160
- no Media Servers
R7800 works 5min.... WIFI DROPS... R7800 REBOOT... in loop.... 😕😕😕😕
Back to v1.0.2.68... ablatt
HelloFYI, My FRANCE ISP is " FREE "
i own a FIBER BOX ROUTER " FREEBOX MINI-4K "
Ethernet cable from my FREEBOX MINI-4Kis plugged into the WAN (yellow) PLUG of my R7800
Computer is connected with Ethernet cable into a "SWITCH" (BLACK) plug of R7800
I promise, I have test the same settings
like you on a fresh install v1.0.2.82 firmware
under v1.0.2.68 i've run firmware upgrade to v1.0.2.82
RESET done / v1.0.2.82 FW restarts
R7800 Assistant wizard
choose AP MODE and very simple WIFI SETTINGS
WPA2/AES SSID 2.4GHz = TESTWIFI1
key = azertyuiopqsdfghjklmwxcvbn123456
WPA2/AES SSID 5GHz =TESTWIFI2
key = azertyuiopqsdfghjklmwxcvbn123456
192.168.0.200 fixed IP address IN AP MODE(no dhcp)
- no DFS channels
- no Smart Connect
- no Beamforming
- no MU-MIMO
- no HT160
- no Media Servers
R7800 works 5min.... WIFI DROPS... R7800 REBOOT... in loop.... each 5 min 😕😕😕😕
Back to v1.0.2.68...The only difference for me is that when I do the firmware updates, I apply them from an Ethernet-connected PC. I then reset. I don't let the R7800 download and update itself.
Just updated it.
Works perfectly fine so far in Router mode from what I can tell.
Sure enough, some stuff is now missing, none of which I used anyway.
JayboH wrote:
Just updated it.
Works perfectly fine so far in Router mode from what I can tell.
Sure enough, some stuff is now missing, none of which I used anyway.
Thanks for taking the plunge and reporting back.
If it isn't too much trouble, if you use them, can you let us know if such features as Anywhere Access, ReadyCLOUD and ReadySHARE still work?
I've have never used Live Parental Controls, so that is non great loss. In any case Netgear and OpenDNS will part company at the end of the year. So even if a router's firmware still supports Live Parental Controls it won't work.
I apologize, I do not use any of those features. I port forward one device, use BeamForming and MU-MIMO, and have everything else cranked with QoS intentionally turned off. That's about it really.
I donlt exp[evct nay problems, but the release notes
JayboH wrote:
I apologize, I do not use any of those features. I port forward one device, use BeamForming and MU-MIMO, and have everything else cranked with QoS intentionally turned off. That's about it really.
No problem. I was just being lazy.
It is easy enough to backtrack, so I'll try to give it a go myself and report back.
I don't expect any problems, but the release notes aren't as clear as they could be. (No surprise there then.)
Looks like all is well with ReadyCLOUD, ReadySHARE and Anywhere Access.
I can even get into the router's GUI with a browser on a mobile device on wifi.
I'm still trying to work out what they mean by "remote GUI access".