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ReadyNAS 424 Virus Updates Fail
I am having the same problem others have reported... "Antivirus scanner definition file update failed due to download failure. Check your Internet connection." This problem started a couple weeks a...
ptmcdonald wrote:
I am having the same problem others have reported...
Didn't you see the solution (posted several times now)?
Update to 6.10.6: https://kb.netgear.com/000064345/ReadyNAS-OS-6-Software-Version-6-10-6
No I didn't but I will give that a try. Of course, it begs the question why the system didn't automatically update it's own firmware since I have it configured to do that. Apparently "automatic update" doesn't mean what I thought it did. :) Thanks for your help!
ptmcdonald wrote:
Of course, it begs the question why the system didn't automatically update its own firmware since I have it configured to do that. Apparently "automatic update" doesn't mean what I thought it did.
Netgear's release process starts by posting the release notes and the binaries, allowing people who want the release immediately to manually install. After a week or so, they put it on the update servers.
So if you simply wait a bit longer, you should get the update automatically.
StephenB wrote:
ptmcdonald wrote:Of course, it begs the question why the system didn't automatically update its own firmware since I have it configured to do that. Apparently "automatic update" doesn't mean what I thought it did.
Netgear's release process starts by posting the release notes and the binaries, allowing people who want the release immediately to manually install. After a week or so, they put it on the update servers.
So if you simply wait a bit longer, you should get the update automatically.
I hear that. I would have thought that a security issue would merit an immediate hotfix rather than slomo easy as you go... ;) I had deliberately waited a few days before posting to see if an automated update would cure it. The manual update did the trick. Thanks again!Completely replacing the AV software is beyond what should be (and likely can be) installed as a hotfix, over which the user has no control.
FWIW, I consider AV on a NAS to be unnecesary. Everything that gets onto my NAS does so via a computer that has superior AV installed. So to say an AV update is "critical" is questionable.
Sandshark wrote:Completely replacing the AV software is beyond what should be (and likely can be) installed as a hotfix, over which the user has no control.
FWIW, I consider AV on a NAS to be unnecesary. Everything that gets onto my NAS does so via a computer that has superior AV installed. So to say an AV update is "critical" is questionable.
I likewise have a superior AV above the NAS. I conside the NAS AV a redundant backup in case anything manages to circumvent my primary protection (or more likely if I accidently do so myself). If it's going to be there and turned on, I do expect it to work. I didn't say it was "critical", I said it was a matter of "security." "Critical" is in the eye of the beholder. I bet if you asked a company lawyer whether AV updates were "critical" you might get a different answer. ;)
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