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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...
Any other. LOL.
So when I was first researching I had found a Linksys router that was as good as R7800. I would recommend Linksys. Slightly cheaper option is TP Link. I like them as their products have been good and they have good pricing and support in India. NETGEAR generally has been great except for this issue.
My next upgrade would be to WiFi 6 but I see no reason at the moment. I have a 500Mbps connection up and down and these routers are amazing when they work.
So when I was first researching I had found a Linksys router that was as good as R7800. I would recommend Linksys. Slightly cheaper option is TP Link. I like them as their products have been good and they have good pricing and support in India. NETGEAR generally has been great except for this issue.
My next upgrade would be to WiFi 6 but I see no reason at the moment. I have a 500Mbps connection up and down and these routers are amazing when they work.
So just "upgraded" to v1.0.2.82 for the security fixes only to find out I lose access to readySHARE vault and a few other netgear features. Plus the touted https support doesn't have a valid certificate. Well Netgear so long and thanks for all the fish. Time to install and learn DD-WRT.
I'd check my setup. The latest update has done no damage to ReadySHARE here. But there is no denying that some stuff is bust. See the release notes.
Oddly, well perhaps not given Netgear's track record, the release notes seem to be wrong. ReadyCLOUD works. It is running as I write. (This is just to test the thing, I don't use it in anger.)
OpenDNS (Live parental controls) is certainly dead.
That seems to be as much as anything down to Netgear pulling out of the deal with OpenDNS.
readySHARE is still available it is the "readySHARE vault" (Backup with encryption) that has been discontinued. That was proably the main thing keeping me on the netgear firmware rather than jumping to DD-WRT, open WRT or AdvancedTomato.
fadingfool wrote:
readySHARE is still available it is the "readySHARE vault" (Backup with encryption) that has been discontinued.
That's what the release notes say. But "readySHARE vault" still works here.
Maybe it is some subtle variation of readySHARE vault that is dead. It is the encryption bit that has died. Have they wiped put particular settings?
Have you actually tried to run it?
As I said, I ran readySHARE vault today. But I don't use it in anger. (I wouldn't trust my system to router level operation and have several different backup regimes.)
I just ran it for a test. In my case, I was saving to a local USB drive on ReadySHARE. Worked as expected.
The way things are going, the "free" baubles bolted on to a router seem to be endangered species. We have lost free parental controls not to mention free DDNS.
If Netgear can find a way of charging money for something, it will. I don't find that surprising for inexpensive kit like routers.
I just want an adequate router. Not an all singing all, dancing support system. If something is important, I'll pay for a grown-up version and not some afterthought bolt on.
