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Re: R7960P firmware not upgrading
Unable to upgrade the firmware, using webconsole or uploading manually. Customer support doen't stand behind their product quality. And belittles their customers. So pathetic, Netgear lost me as a c...
Was able to flash to latest firmware version using nmrpflash.
Please take a back of the config before using this utility.
https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash
Original solution:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/TFTP-Issues-Bricked-R6700v2/m-p/1974041/highlight/true#M168281
I am surprised that no one from Netgear or the Community has been able to solve this. At least someone from Netgear should chime in. This issue is big seeing that there are many security vulnerabilities out there that the updates remediate.
My current firmware version is V1.4.1.50_1.3.10 and I cannot upgrade to any of the subsequent versions afterwards.
I have tried the following:
- Automatic Updates
- Forced check update through the web interface and apply (goes back to the
- Downloaded each of the 3 updates that have come out since version 1.4.1.50_1.3.10 and applied them manually
I have tried though the "BASIC" tab, I have tried through the "ADVANCED" tab. No dice. It will not take an update. I do not see any place where I can find an error log for the update process.