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tano26
Mar 20, 2020Tutor
R7960P firmware not upgrading
I have attempted multiple times to upgrade my current firmware, V1.4.1.44_1.3.5, to V1.4.1.50_1.3.10 and it fails. I have tried letting the router update itself and also downloading upgrade zip file ...
Alex2019
Apr 06, 2020Initiate
I am having problems with my router, I want to do the firmware update, but it does reboot again to say there is an update.
- IdahoScottApr 07, 2020Apprentice
Alex, that's called a "feature", not a problem. :smileyfrustrated:
My 2 cents: If you aren't experiencing problems without the update, forget about it. Ignore the "update available" nag message. Eventually, Netgear will release a new update which (probably) will work.
If you ARE having problems with the router, if it's under warranty, send it back. If not under warrenty, try rolling back to a previous update (look it up, down load the file, connect to the router via ethernet wire, and upload/apply old update from Administrator tools). If that works, make sure you turn off the "automatic update" switch in those same Admin tools.
Other than that, if out of warranty and the router is "not working", time to buy a new one. ("Not working" or "problems" is a wide open category. If something's wrong because you've mis-configured the router, resetting it to defaults may fix the problem for you, too. Resetting is your "hail Mary pass", i.e. or, "if all else fails" thingy. If it doesn't work after that, your router is probably bricked.)
Good luck to ya.Alex2019 wrote:
I am having problems with my router, I want to do the firmware update, but it does reboot again to say there is an update.
- labattApr 07, 2020Mentor
I agree. Follow that old saying, "If it ain't broke don't fix it". Lots of folks take a working router and try through the auto update or app and wind up with a paper weight untll doing a tftp.
- antinodeApr 07, 2020Guru
> [...] Follow that old saying, "If it ain't broke don't fix it". [...]
Define "broke". If someone discovers a serious security problem with
my router, then I'd prefer to get less insecure firmware installed on it
_before_ someone exploits the serious security problem with my router,
and I suffer some undesirable consequences."Your tires are worn down to the cord, and really need to be
replaced.""I don't trust those new tires. I'm waiting for a blowout on the
highway first."Your choice, of course.