New - R7900P/R7960P/R8000P Firmware Version 1.4.4.94 Released

[cybot]

i am unable to apply the switch to auto becuase the routore says the DNS is address is invalid (the gabage text that THE ROUTER changed what i had put in it)

[FURRYe38]

Need to remove the config values. Or factory reset and set up from scratch.

[cybot]

setting the server and dns entries to auto just fills both DNS entries with garbage text.

[FURRYe38]

Factory reset and set up from scratch.

[cybot]

I have don so i don't know how many time in the last day or so. I can enter the DNS info into the ipv6 DNS section, but when i hit apply, the router changes it too garbage text. this is why i was using such old, out dated firmware

[FURRYe38]

try using v.94.

[cybot]

.94 is the latest one right? the one that the router said was the wrong file?

[cybot]

My R8000P is over 4 years old. I have seen some netgear routers come with like V1 and V2 and so on. they are the same router, but with minor changes meaning different firmware. I am wondering if somehow Netgear has made a minor change in the hardware and neglected to label it as v2 or whatever. it would explain why the firmware would not work in my r8000P but works with others.

[michaelkenward]

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@cybot wrote:

My R8000P is over 4 years old. I have seen some netgear routers come with like V1 and V2 and so on. they are the same router, but with minor changes meaning different firmware.

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The extent of the changes may or may not be minor, but it is usually in the hardware. That's why it needs different firmware. The V hardware variants are not "the same router".

V1 and V2 versions are not the same as the "P" variants. In those cases, the hardware can be completely different. For example, the main chipset for the R7000 is not the same as that in the R7000P. They come from different chipset makers.

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it would explain why the firmware would not work in my r8000P but works with others.

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Your R8000P needs firmware for the R8000P. Any other variant will not work.

A quick check suggests that the are no "V" hardware variants of the R8000, just the R8000 (V1) and the R8000P.

[cybot]

lol so much for that idea. so either the file is somehow corrupt on the netgear server, or it is somehow getting corrupted in transit.... or internet gremlins are at fault.

[RalfyM]

Adding a new device for Address Reservation in R8000P, firmware V1.4.4.94_1.3.56 seems to be broken. Error received after clicking Add shown below. What are the chances this might be noticed and fixed?

Invalid MAC address. ABCDEF123456

This screen will automatically return to the previous screen in a few seconds...

[FURRYe38]

Yes. This is a known issue and has been passed on to NG. 
You'll need to either avoid using IP address reservations until it gets fixed or revert back to FW that was working for you.

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@RalfyM wrote:

Adding a new device for Address Reservation in R8000P, firmware V1.4.4.94_1.3.56 seems to be broken. Error received after clicking Add shown below. What are the chances this might be noticed and fixed?

Invalid MAC address. ABCDEF123456

This screen will automatically return to the previous screen in a few seconds...

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[FURRYe38]

Yep same version I have loaded on my R7960P and had IPv6 Auto Detect enabled and was working while we were trouble shooting this persons router problems:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/R7960P-Router-failing-or/td-p/2261087/jump-t...

Try downloading the FW file using a different PC or laptop and different browser. I use Opera and MS Edge. 

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@cybot wrote:

.94 is the latest one right? the one that the router said was the wrong file?

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[michaelkenward]

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@cybot wrote:

lol so much for that idea. so either the file is somehow corrupt on the netgear server, or it is somehow getting corrupted in transit.... or internet gremlins are at fault.

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This conversation is getting horribly confused, with different people talking about different problems with different routers. A recipe for chaos.

Which router are you using?

What firmware are you trying to install?

How are you trying to install it?

What message do you see when you try to install the firmware?

[cybot]

I have an r8000P

I am trying to install the .94 (latest) firmware.

I have tried to install it via the routers web update interface, and i have downloaded the firmware from the R8000P page and tried to install it manually. installing it manually the router says the file is not correct. I have even gone so far as to perform a factory reset and after going through the initial setup, going directly to the upgrade page. file still is not accepted, and web update does not work either.

[cybot]

unfortunately, setting IPv6 to anything auto does not work for me, since the only access i have to IPv6 is through the 6to4 IPv6 tunnel i setup through hurricane electric. the DNS addresses NEED to be entered, otherwise they are not "automatically" known. the long standing bug where the router changes the text entered into the ipv6 DNS to garbage text meant until my trying to update to .94, i was using a very old firmware, that did not have the bug present. that version was V1.4.1.36_1.3.1 

[cybot]

just happened to notice that the version of the firmware (1.4.1.36) i was using is no longer listed in the r8000P firmware download list. good thing i still have a copy.

[michaelkenward]

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@cybot wrote:

just happened to notice that the version of the firmware (1.4.1.36) i was using is no longer listed in the r8000P firmware download list. good thing i still have a copy.

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When that happens, it is often because Netgear discovered something nasty in the firmware and has withdrawn it. Use at you own risk.

[Retired_Member]

Hi,

After so many problems with Firmware Version 1.4.4.94 Released, when will the new firmware be fixed?

Tanks.

[FURRYe38]

Issues seen by users have been passed to NG. 

[kc6wrd]

Now anytime I enter a mac address I get invalid mac address message. I've been entering them for several years since bought the router with out problems. They also showed an "update available" so I did that update. No improvement.

Currently trying to change an existing mac address in my in my Ip address reservation list.

Advanced

    Setup

           Lan setup

                   Ip address reservation

All help appreciated.

[FURRYe38]

Issues seen by users have been passed to NG. 

[cybot]

Well, it is the most recent version that I know of that the IPV6 6to4 DNS issue does not exist. if there is a newer version which does not change the IPv6 DNS lines to garbage text then, please, by all means let me know what version to use. (keeping in mind that setting anything to auto will not do, as I am using a 6t4 tunnel).  that's not to say that .36 is not without issues however. it is at a manageable level though.

The next version that is available from NG on the r8000P page would be the .42 firmware. anyone know what issues are present in that firmware?

[cybot]

just in case anyone does not know what i mean by garbage text in the ipv6 DNS box, here is what is entered (in it's entirety).

Primary DNS:

f��@�~��u�Io��܃�@�P[� : undefined : undefined : undefined : undefined : undefined : undefined : undefined

Secondary DNS: �o��L���
: undefined : undefined : undefined : undefined : undefined : undefined : undefined

these are obviously invalid for use as an IPv6 address hence the issue (and my calling it garbage text). The router won't save any new values on the ipv6 DNS lines either. clicking apply just reverts the text to as above.

[FURRYe38]

Can you post a screen capure of this on the IPv6 page of the router please?