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InteXX
Dec 07, 2025Luminary
Firmware Downloads
FYI here's a little script that downloads all available firmware versions starting with v6.0.0. It'll be good to keep them on hand for the day that they go away online. Unfortunately, however, so...
InteXX
Dec 07, 2025Luminary
After learning from StephenB that there're download URLs for the 200 product line as well, I've updated the script to include those. Two levels of folders are created now: one for each of the product lines (100, 200 or 300), and then two subfolders under each of those for the architextures (arm and x86_64). Six folders total.
This update also includes error handling for non-200 server responses, just in case. It's probably not needed, but it can't hurt.
Here's the updated version:
# Define product lines and architectures
$Lines = @("100", "200", "300")
$Archs = @("arm", "x86_64")
foreach ($Line in $Lines) {
foreach ($Arch in $Archs) {
$BaseUrl = "https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS-$Line"
$OutDir = "S:\Setup\SysAdmin\ReadyNAS\Firmware\$Line\$Arch"
# Ensure output directory exists: line → arch
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $OutDir | Out-Null
# Stop flag for ending at 6.10.11
$Stop = $false
# Enumerate minor and build versions
for ($Minor = 0; $Minor -lt 20; $Minor++) {
for ($Build = 0; $Build -lt 20; $Build++) {
$Version = "6.$Minor.$Build"
if ($Version -eq "6.10.11") {
$Stop = $true
break
}
$FileName = "ReadyNASOS-$Version-$Arch.zip"
$OutFile = Join-Path $OutDir $FileName
$Url = "$BaseUrl/$FileName"
if (Test-Path $OutFile) {
Write-Host "Skipping $FileName (already exists)"
}
else {
Write-Host "Checking $Url"
try {
$Response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $Url -Method Head -ErrorAction Stop
if ($Response.StatusCode -eq 200) {
Write-Host " Found → downloading..."
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $Url -OutFile $OutFile -UseBasicParsing
Write-Host " Saved to $OutFile"
}
}
catch {
# Ignore 404 and other errors
}
}
}
if ($Stop) {
break
}
}
}
}
portalman
Dec 10, 2025Aspirant
Hi, the script runs great! This might be a stupid question, but how does one go about mapping all the various ReadyNAS models against product lines 100, 200 and 300?
Ultra4, Ultra6, Pro6, RN516 for example? All 300?
- StephenBDec 10, 2025Guru - Experienced User
portalman wrote:
but how does one go about mapping all the various ReadyNAS models against product lines 100, 200 and 300?
The RN300 line only refers to the RN312, RN314, and RN316 (all first-gen OS-6 NAS).
The "300" in the path of the script just gets you to the correct download location for x86 firmware - which is for all x86 OS-6 ReadyNAS, including the converted 4.2.x systems.
The arm OS-6 platforms are the RN102, RN104, RN202, RN204, RN212 and RN214 desktops, and the RN2120/RN2120v2 rackmounts.
While Netgear briefly had a different firmware branch for the arm RN2xx systems (6.3.x), they quickly merged that back into the main arm firmware. Plex still has a different download package for the RN2xx systems (which takes better advantage of their processor).
- InteXXDec 12, 2025Luminary
StephenB wrote:
The RN300 line only refers to the RN312, RN314, and RN316 (all first-gen OS-6 NAS).
The "300" in the path of the script just gets you to the correct download location for x86 firmware - which is for all x86 OS-6 ReadyNAS, including the converted 4.2.x systems.
The arm OS-6 platforms are the RN102, RN104, RN202, RN204, RN212 and RN214 desktops, and the RN2120/RN2120v2 rackmounts.
While Netgear briefly had a different firmware branch for the arm RN2xx systems (6.3.x), they quickly merged that back into the main arm firmware. Plex still has a different download package for the RN2xx systems (which takes better advantage of their processor).Thanks for the info.
Was there ever a 400 line, or above? Or was 300 the highest it ever went?
- StephenBDec 12, 2025Guru - Experienced User
InteXX wrote:
Was there ever a 400 line, or above?400, 500, 600, and 700.
But the firmware downloads for x86 are all in 300 folder (AFAIK).
- InteXXDec 12, 2025Luminary
portalman wrote:
the script runs great
That's good to hear.
portalman wrote:
how does one go about mapping all the various ReadyNAS models against product lines 100, 200 and 300
I recently learned from CrimpOn that Netgear maintains a central list of all KB articles:
https://kb.netgear.com/sitemap
Given this news, I've decided to alter my approach. Instead of blindly incrementing the version numbers for the three product lines, I'm going to query the XML for the articles themselves. With that info in hand, I'll be able to scrape the pages for the individual download links.
This, of course, is more complex than I prefer to get in a PowerShell script, so I'll be building it in VB.NET instead and publishing it to GitHub.
I'll update this thread with the URL to that repo when it's ready.
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