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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 ...
Springveldt wrote:
Complete amateur hour that it's been over a year and no attempt to fix it other than some guy on a forum supplying a clearly dodgy beta file link since it's all by PM.
I agree that this is an odd way for Netgear to go about things, but I think you can rely on the beta firmware on offer. It may not be from a staff person, but it is often seems like it.
I get the forum user is just trying to help others out but it's a completely bizarre way of doing things. Have Netgear even acknowledged the issue? Or since it's EOL have they just washed their hands of it and left everyone with a broken basic function of a router? Not being able to set a fixed address on your own LAN because Netgear can't parse a MAC address out of a string is completely mental. It worked in an older firmware, the bug is repeatable and it would take about 1 minute to fix it. The fact they haven't bothered to fix it speaks volumes for me.
Springveldt wrote:
I get the forum user is just trying to help others out but it's a completely bizarre way of doing things.
Agreed. And the answer you got from them magically fails to deal with your other issues. The sort of information-free response you would expect from a staffer.
You are right to be suspicious about people you don't know passing off dubious firmware. But if you download and inspect the beta firmware you may be able to track it back to Netgear.
Your earlier threat to sell this thing on eBay is a bit naughty. Not good to dump something you know to be defective.
Then again, your R8000P is a couple of generations behind modern router technology, 2017 with its origins in 2015. So you may not get many takers.
Just use it as an excuse to move yourself into the 2020s.