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R7000 Firmware upgrade to V1.0.7.6
I downloaded and applied the recent firmware update V1.0.7.6_1.1.99. All seemed to go well, except after logging on to the router, the older version is still shown as V1.0.4.30_1.1.67 and the I see ...
Downloaded again and re-flashed. Now the router screen shows the proper version and no indication of an available update.
My R7000 shows version 1.0.7.6_1.1.99 after flashing the beta firmware. No indication of an update available and all is working without issue so far.
Downloaded again and re-flashed. Now the router screen shows the proper version and no indication of an available update.
I am currently manually downloading the beta firmware for R7000. Everything looked good and I then when my status bar got to the rebooting the router's firmware, I got a pop-up screen saying AUTHENTICATION REQUIRED Your connection to this site is not private. It wants me to input my username and password again. Did you guys have to re-enter your password at this stage? I never have in the past, so I am just sitting here not knowing what to do..................
Do I enter user name and password or cancel everything?
I would suggest that you re-enter your username and password and see where it is at.
I want to amend my response. While the router seems to be working properly, I've noticed a decline in performance, both with wired and wifi connections. I get a noticeable delay when connecting to web pages and periodic delays/interruption when downloading files (such as os updates). Have any others experienced performance issues? I performed a speed test and once it started it seemed fine. It is just delays in getting response to web pages and a pauses in downloads that I am concerned about. Here is my speed test result:
Maybe related, maybe not. My Arlo Q camera uses the 5Ghz band and won't connect if speed is set to above 600Mbs. Might be worth a try.
