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R6700v3 Firmware Update 1.0.4.118_10.0.90
--- Check for updates --- Gives me the following information but I cannot find any info and/or verify it on Netgear website: (just checking if it's legit and safe to execute the install) --- ...
- Looks like this firmware is OK! Never heard from Netgear, but they posted the release notes to their website: https://kb.netgear.com/000063867/R6700v3-Firmware-Version-1-0-4-118
We probably just stumbled on the update a bit before they intended us to.
It appears that the latest update does something weird with DNS and loading pages. I keep getting "ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED" from my browser. This consistently happens when loading most sites. Refreshing the page after this message will typically load the expected website.
Downgraded my firmware version and stopped having this problem.
I am having the same problem on my R6400v2 router. I there a source from which older firmware versions can be downloaded?
Peobody wrote:
I[s] there a source from which older firmware versions can be downloaded?
Visit the support pages:
Support | NETGEAR
Feed in your model number and that page will have firmware for your device.The read this
How do I manually upgrade firmware to my NETGEAR router? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Thank you! I'm kicking myself for not paying attention to the firmware version that existed on the router before allowing the upgrade. I am hopeful that the previous firmware version available for download (V1.0.4.106) resolves the problem.
Edit: Installing the previous version appears to have solved the problem. No failures in following links to about a dozen sites. My email client hasn't thrown any "failure to connect" errors in two cycles of 5 domains either so I'm feeling pretty good!
Here's the exact link to the downloads for your router:
www.netgear.com/support/product/R6400v2.aspx#download
Under:
Firmware and Software Downloads
expand the "View previous versions" and grab the one you want
This same thing happened to me when I upgraded from 1.0.4.106_10.0.80 to 1.0.4.118
I got very weird and inconsistent DSN results.
Using iTunes to update my podcast feed resulted in most reporting some sort of "network" issue (iTunes doesn't give useful error messages).
Sometimes I could browse (using firefox) to the actual podcast rss url, but couldn't ping it.
Sometime the "parent" podcast url reported and issue, but iTune could bring down the episode list. For some 'casts I could force a download of the episode, but not for others.
Trying a website got not such name, but a second later it worked fine.
Downgrading to 1.0.4.106 solved all my issues.
I hope Netgear monitors these forums and does something about this.
I would be glad to post full details of my set-up if that might help anyone.
My "complimentary" support ran out quite a while ago so I have no entry point (other than this post) to report the issue.
