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FURRYe38's avatar
FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 06, 2022

New - R7900P/R7960P/R8000P Firmware Version 1.4.4.94 Released

Security Fixes: 10/06/2022 Fixes security vulnerabilities. For more information about security vulnerabilities, visit https://www.netgear.com/about/security   NOTE: May have long awaited ...
SkyHopper's avatar
SkyHopper
Aspirant
May 23, 2023

I just upgraded to 1.4.4.94 on an R7900P when it was in Access Point mode and now I cannot log into the admin console via web.  If I reset to factory settings and returns to router mode, I can login to the admin console. But If I change to access point mode from router mode, it fails to login again.  When I use Chrome to access the admin console, it returns with an error "empty response." When I use curl it gives an "curl: (52) Empty reply from server" error.

 

If I downgrade the R7900P to a previous firmware release such as 1.4.1.42. It works fine again. But I don't like staying that far back on security fixes. I'm back on 1.4.4.94 and can't login to the admin console again, but it seems to retain the wireless configs and it's still working as an access point but can't login to the admin a console.  

 

This is a reproducible problem.

 

Please fix this. This is a major problem as I use an Orbi RBRE960 for my main network and an R7900P for my IoT network. The RBRE960 IoT network is super slow. So I use the R7900P for IoT instead. I set the DHCP address of the R7900P from the Orbi RBRE960.  And, I'm able to ping it.  

 

 

if I use openssl s_client, I'm able to see the self signed certificate

Issuer: C=US, ST=California, L=San Jose, O=Netgear, CN=www.routerlogin.net/emailAddress=support@netgear.com
        Validity
            Not Before: Aug 23 11:54:06 2022 GMT
            Not After : Aug 20 11:54:06 2032 GMT
        Subject: C=US, ST=California, L=San Jose, O=Netgear, CN=www.routerlogin.net/emailAddress=support@netgear.com

        X509v3 extensions:
            X509v3 Key Usage: 
                Key Encipherment, Data Encipherment
            X509v3 Extended Key Usage: 
                TLS Web Server Authentication
            X509v3 Subject Alternative Name: 
                DNS:www.routerlogin.net, DNS:routerlogin.net, DNS:www.orbilogin.com, DNS:orbilogin.net, DNS:routerlogin.com, DNS:orbilogin.com, DNS:www.routerlogin.com, DNS:www.orbilogin.net

 

Please fix this issue when in Access Point Mode.