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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 ...
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.
Does this also happen in different browsers, Try MS Edge, FireFox or Opera?
FYI:
Might search for 3rd party FW solutions for your model router.
- Yes this fails on any browser, chrome, MS Edge, and Firefox, and Safari (Mac). The fact it fails using command line curl is telling.
Thanks for letting us know.
- Considering that Access Mode breaks the web interface is a major bug. I hope that NetGear will at least release a patch for this because it kinda bricks the router in access point mode.
The R7900P is using a Broadcom BCM4906 chipset and not Atheros. So the support on 3rd party FW such as OpenWRT or DD-WRT is limited due to Broadcom lack of open source licensing if I recall.