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New - R7900P/R7960P/R8000P Firmware Version 1.4.3.88 Released
Security Fixes: 04/13/2022
Fixes security vulnerabilities.
For more information about security vulnerabilities, visit https://www.netgear.com/about/security
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There's a new firmware dated 4/12/2022 for the R7900P, version 1.4.3.88
The release notes don't mention fixing this issue but I installed it, removed my manual DNS settings on two computers and so far haven't had the issue come back up.
Fingers crossed this fixes the DNS issue for good!
Still have the DNS issue with the 88 version of firmware. I went back to the 68 version that was working before. I can't have my internet bouncing up and down when working from home, doing teams calls. Tried uping IPv6 and that didn't help with the bounce at all. Can't believe 2 versions in a row with the same issues and no hotfix released.
They're not going to fix the issue. It's been going on now for nearly 6 months. Rolling back to old firmware is a security risk, which is one of the main roles of a home router/fw. Manually adding DNS to the client resolves the issue but it's a pain since you need to do it for all devices and all NIC's, wired and wireless. I'll eventually replace my Netgear with another brand. This has left a bad taste in my mouth and I will not consider Netgear in the future.
Lets not assume that NG isn't going to fix this. Fixes don't come over night. Seen it take well over 9 months for new FW to be released. We've made NG aware of this and they know about it.
Reverting to working FW isn't necessarily a risk. Until a problem appears, current and older FW is safe to use. Also use IPv6 has helped users as a work around for DNS seen as well. User will need to be patient.
Starting with R7900P Firmware Version 1.4.2.84, released in 2021, the R7900P router developed a serious flaw where web browsers would fail to load pages the first time they were accessed. This problem occurred in Chrome, Edge, and every other browser, and users were forced to downgrade to Firmware 1.4.1.68 in order to continue to use their router. This is all documented in this forum post from 2021:
Recently, on April 12th, 2022, a new firmware update, 1.4.3.88, was released. My router automatically installed this update, losing all of my settings in the process. Unfortunately the new firmware has the exact same website issue, so I've once again had to revert to 1.4.2.84.
Actually, it's worse than that. There is a serious error in the old 1.4.2.84 version. If you disable the "Router Auto Firmware Update" option and hit apply, the router's interface software crashes, and the router has to be rebooted. The setting is not saved. This is why my router auto-updated to the latest firmware even though this was not ideal.
So, I had to install the latest firmware, configure it to not auto-update, then revert to the previous firmware, in order to get the router to not break itself by installing the unusable new updates.
Netgear, are you going to fix your firmware problem with the R7900P? This was an expensive router and I'm hopeful that you will fix this serious firmware flaw. The 1.4.2.84 firmware version continues to work perfectly, but the broken updates say they have "security fixes" and I would like my system to be as secure as possible.
Thank you,
Dan
