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R7000 New Firmware 1.0.6.28 released
New Features: Supports Arlo camera. Set up the R7000 as an Arlo base station and connect an Arlo camera to the R7000 without needing an extra base station.. Bug Fixes: Fixes the issue in which ...
If you are going backwards in release number you might still have them (that is from one of the older recalled beta's). However there is NO guarantee they will work. In cases like that you have to RESET the router and then re-apply manually your setting for proper operation.
If you are moving up from and older official release, like V1.0.4 or older you don't need to reset the router but it is advised. In this case I'd give it a try, have any problems, reset and re-enter is the first thing to try. DO NOT load saved settings from any other version into a new one. That seems to be asking for trouble these days.
I think some of the longer term users of the R7000 know that you need to reset to factory defaults after the upgrade to 1.0.6.28. If this is followed, it seems fewer people have problems afterwards.
I would agree, Netgear should stipulate to do a factory reset afterwords, and not to use a backup from a previous firmware as well afterwords. The backup really is pretty useless because of this caveat. I tend to do one before and one after, no scientific wizardry but it seems to work well doing that. Also I cured my wan disconnection issues by puling the power plug for ten minutes from the back of the router. (power wart pulled out of wall first) Its almost like a black magic art keeping this router on the right tracks. The GUI is still appalling with the bloat they are adding though. I dont need Arlo, I would have preferred a AV/URL scanner engine like Asus use tbh.
Killhippie wrote:
I would agree, Netgear should stipulate to do a factory reset afterwords, and not to use a backup from a previous firmware as well afterwords. The backup really is pretty useless because of this caveat. I tend to do one before and one after, no scientific wizardry but it seems to work well doing that. Also I cured my wan disconnection issues by puling the power plug for ten minutes from the back of the router. (power wart pulled out of wall first) Its almost like a black magic art keeping this router on the right tracks. The GUI is still appalling with the bloat they are adding though. I dont need Arlo, I would have preferred a AV/URL scanner engine like Asus use tbh.Perhaps NETGEAR can write the factory reset and restore of settings right into the install script for the firmware. There's no need to complicate it.
- Then people would complain that their settings had been wiped out, you cant win, even if its the right thing to do. If they just post reset manually and add settings manually, and people don't then they have done their job.
Thing is, what's the point of having a backup/restore option if it's useless when you upgrade your firmware? I don't see the use of restoring a backup when the router is working well once all the configuration is done...
It looks like Netgear has pulled 1.0.6.28 and 1.0.5.48 because they are gone from the support website.
Would have been nice if they had noted why these two firmwares had been pulled though and offer advice, if any, for those using them.
They were pulled becuase they were screwing the routers that were updated with the new firmware. Roll back to the previous firmware you were using and then reset to factory default and reconfig your router.
I'm not having any issues so Im going to contunue where I am till the next one is releasd or netgear actually says something. Going back means the print vulnerabilty is not fixed which is insane. What the hell are they doing. <sigh>
I would say if you are not having issues stick with what you have until Netgear offer up a new firmware. Or let us know what to do. I for one dont want to go back to a firmware that leaves a security vulnerability in my router thats for sure. I really cant see my next router being a netgear.
Print vulnerabilty ? What vulnerabilty ? I missed something?
This was fixed in the 1.0.5.48 Firmware http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/28393/~/netgear-product-vulnerability-advisory%3A-readyshare
So now this is again expoosed by downgrading <rolls eyes>
