NETGEAR FW UPDATE REMOVES DFS CHANNELS AND CHANGES COUNTRY

[duckware]

Watch out!! I just upgraded firmware on several of my Netgear routers to only then notice that the country had changed.  And that all DFS channels were gone!  So I reverted FW and so far it seems to have worked -- I am back to normal.

But given that this FW has been out for nearly a year and has NOT been fixed -- it just validates all of my bad experiences over many years with Netgear quality -- and confirms that switching to a different vendor (where I have had no firmware update problems) was the right choice.

Netgear, you suck.

[duckware · Accepted solution]

RAX50/54 installing latest Firmware (1.0.16.132) caused all four of my routers to switch to "Canada" (with all DFS channels gone).  Reverting to prior FW caused routers to switch back to US, with DFS channels restored.

[michaelkenward]

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@duckware wrote:

Watch out!! I just upgraded firmware on several of my Netgear routers to only then notice that the country had changed. 

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Which routers are these? Perhaps other people can compare their experience.

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Just another user with time on their hands.

[duckware · Accepted solution]

RAX50/54 installing latest Firmware (1.0.16.132) caused all four of my routers to switch to "Canada" (with all DFS channels gone).  Reverting to prior FW caused routers to switch back to US, with DFS channels restored.

[FURRYe38]

Checking my v2, DFS is seen:

Mine's been factory reset and setup from scratch. 

Haven't seen others post about DFS missing on newer FW versions. 

@TC_in_Montana