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Soldermonkey
Aspirant
Oct 24, 2021

R8000P - DNS issues after firmware update

For some unknown reason, the automatic firmware update did not work on my R8000P router, and I found that I was one version behind at 1.4.1.68.  So I manually updated to 1.4.2.84.  After the update, ...
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canam2020
Aspirant
Apr 19, 2022

Downloaded new firmware to  V1.0.4.84-10.1.84 and now have the same issue on all three devices.  How do I get the "old" version installed?

I am a relative novice when it comes to wireless router set up.

  

 

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 19, 2022

Did you try this version of FW?

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/New-R7900P-R7960P-R8000P-Firmware-Version-1-4-3-88-Released/td-p/2215108/jump-to/first-unread-message

 

Users can try enabling IPv6 to see if this corrects the DNS problem...

canam2020 wrote:

Downloaded new firmware to  V1.0.4.84-10.1.84 and now have the same issue on all three devices.  How do I get the "old" version installed?

I am a relative novice when it comes to wireless router set up.