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sak2806
Aspirant
Apr 06, 2018
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Nighthawk R800 - Firmware Control

Hi There, It's my first post so please be gentle. We recently bought a Nighthawk R800 and have been loving it, but today our router restarted due to a firmware update is there any way we can auto swit...
Firmware
  • IrvSp's avatar
    IrvSp
    Apr 10, 2018

    Suspected there was no auto-update but would claim there wasn't. The latest F/W, V1.0.4.12 did come out a long time ago, so I'd think if there was auto-update involved it would have happened maybe sometime last month if staged out over a few weeks.'

     

    More than likely it was a modem or ISP line going down?

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schumaku
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 10, 2018

Amazing AbhayB NaderA - a router with Auto Update enabled by default, and no user control to disable? Design, development, and implementation seems to run out of any control. 

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AbhayB
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Apr 10, 2018

There's clearly misunderstanding that R8000 even has auto-update firmware. Secondly, all Nighthawks that have auto-firmware update feature has ability to opt-out through advanced setting. So I am not sure where this issue is coming from. 

  • IrvSp's avatar
    IrvSp
    Master
    Apr 10, 2018

    Suspected there was no auto-update but would claim there wasn't. The latest F/W, V1.0.4.12 did come out a long time ago, so I'd think if there was auto-update involved it would have happened maybe sometime last month if staged out over a few weeks.'

     

    More than likely it was a modem or ISP line going down?