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Re: R8000p can't update firmware
I had this problem back in Feb 2021 and it was "solved" by Netgear sending me a new (actually, a refurb) router. During the whole, painful process, I was told I would have to pay for support in order...
FYI, I tried upgrading directly from v1.4.1.68 to v1.4.4.94 by manually uploading a file from my laptop. It didn’t work. So I upgraded one step at a time (again, manually from my laptop) from v1.4.1.68 to v1.4.2.84 to v1.4.3.88 to v1.4.4.94. That worked fine.
For this issue:
NG gave users a beta which is version v.1.4.4.95 that resolved and fixed the IP address reservation bug found by users with the R7960P and R8000P routers. This was a big issue for the R####P series of routers.
Was sent to many users that responded back confirming it fixed the issue on there routers.
Though most of these users had most likely had the v.94 version loaded so there routers had already been on most current FW version for the time and had not posted having problems getting there routers past a older FW version or updated.
Thanks, FURRYe38 .
Question: Is it safe to upgrade directly from v1.4.1.68 to v1.4.4.94 or do I need so sneak up on it by upgrading to one or more intermediate versions?
Seems the other have had issued prior to what you have loaded currently. v.50 seem to be one version users have tried to applied and failed. There's were on older versions. So you could try the next FW version up or try going directly to v.94.
There is a beta as well.FYI, I tried upgrading directly from v1.4.1.68 to v1.4.4.94 by manually uploading a file from my laptop. It didn’t work. So I upgraded one step at a time (again, manually from my laptop) from v1.4.1.68 to v1.4.2.84 to v1.4.3.88 to v1.4.4.94. That worked fine.