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DLAUS
Jul 08, 2025Aspirant
RS700 firmware update 1.0.9.6
Hi After upgrading to 1.0.9.6, something has prevented some of my 2.5ghz devices from being able to connect to wpa2/3 setting when smart connect is enabled. the only way to resolve was to ...
rawintellect
Jul 08, 2025Apprentice
Have you tried my suggestion? It really did fix it right up for me. Both my Direct TV receiver and my Honeywell thermostat had the problem.
MickleH
Sep 07, 2025Tutor
I am having the same problem with my Honeywell Thermostat, Dyson Air Purifier, and an old Sony DVD player. What is your suggestion?
- BH_CSep 07, 2025NETGEAR Expert
For now, please rollback to the previous version, v1.0.7.96
https://kb.netgear.com/000066519/
We will have a trial firmware release fixing the issue on v1.0.9.6 that some devices in some scenarios could not get an IP address, which we believe causes the connection issues reported here. If you would like to try to trial firmware, please let us know. Thank you.