R7900P Firmware Update 1.4.2.84

[tpb001739]

Router advised me of firmware update. Selected update firmware but download just blinks and does not update. I downloaded Ver. 1.4.2.84. Unliped it but have no idea how to execute the update. Can anyine assist?

[plemans · Accepted solution]

Once you download it, you extract it. In windows, right click--->extract.

Then follow the manual update process. You don't execute a file, you upload it. 

https://kb.netgear.com/23960/How-do-I-manually-update-the-firmware-on-my-NETGEAR-router

[plemans · Accepted solution]

Once you download it, you extract it. In windows, right click--->extract.

Then follow the manual update process. You don't execute a file, you upload it. 

https://kb.netgear.com/23960/How-do-I-manually-update-the-firmware-on-my-NETGEAR-router