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Retired_Member
Feb 12, 2019
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r7500 firmware 1.0.3.40 Hosed Had to Factory reset now AP Mode doesn't work

Using R7500v2 as an access point to existing Frontier FIOS router. Did the firmware update from 1.0.3.38 to 1.0.3.40 via the admin app, the router never came back up properly, waited 10 min then di...
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    Retired_Member
    Feb 12, 2019

    Rolling back to firmware 1.0.3.38 restored AP functionality and I can access by IP again. This should be forwarded to Netgear engineers with high priority as the new firmware breaks existing functionality and should be pulled.