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AntiVirus No Longer Updating
Since 30th September, I have been getting an email from my RN214 advising me that the "Antivirus scanner definition file update failed due to download failure. Check your Internet connection." I ...
It's a shame there doesn't appear to be a 3rd party/open source solution that can be "plugged in" to give better protection, but I guess old signature is better than none.
That said, I've decided to vote with my feet and am weighing up a replacement NAS.
And NOT from Netgear.
And NOT from Netgear.
Obviously not, since they exited the NAS business years ago.
And left their loyal customers high and dry without any support or a mechanism to support ourselves.
And left their loyal customers high and dry without any support or a mechanism to support ourselves.
Of course the forum is still active.
IMO, the EoL consequences for NAS firmware are more significant than they are for switches and routers. Switching to a new NAS vendor is far more difficult than getting a different brand of switch or router.
They did notify 4.x and 5.x customers when their firmware went EoL back in 2016. I provided some feedback to Netgear saying that it would have been much better if they had done the same with OS-6.
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