R6900P Firmware Version 1.3.3.142 - Hot Fix Not availabe on app or web for firmware update Why?

Then you can manually downloaded and manually install in. Still, your choice. 

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chris2969 wrote:

We can't elect not to update the firmware to this hotfix as it addresses a known security vulnerability.

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chris2969 wrote:

We can't elect not to update the firmware to this hotfix as it addresses a known security vulnerability.

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What do you mean by that?

You don't want to skip the update?

Talk of "a known security vulnerability" could mean many things. It is often a new "hole" that has come up on some security site that has never been seen in the real world.

For good reason, Netgear never says what the "vulnerability" is. But many people seem to get by with routers that they never update. 

The choice is yours, of course. But it helps to understand how this process works and to make decisions on that basis. Just because something screams "security vulnerability" does not mean that the sky will fall in tomorrow if you do not rush to apply an update.

As a hotfix is "work in progress" that has yet to reach the update server, you may well be safe if you hang on until the firmware gets to that stage,