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silpheedc
Nov 22, 2019Aspirant
Netgear removed FW 2.5.0.40 + Current 2.3.5.38 "no new fw avail" = Don't upgrade
Just noticed that the Netgear Downloads site no longer shows 2.5.0.40. And on my running RBR and RBS 2.3.5.38, they are no longer indicating that an FW upgrade is available. Could it be that someone a...
tomschmidt
Nov 26, 2019Virtuoso
Yes, I tried the v2.5.0.38 and .40 releases, but their device naming was so screwed up that my network was unmanagable. I did not take a screenshot of the https certificates for the .40 release, and I am not creating more downtime on my network to upgrade again to the broken v.2.5.0.x releases to test it again. If you are running .40, then you can easily check if the https certificates are self signed or properly assigned by a certificate authority (CA). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-signed_certificate
FURRYe38 wrote:Did you try v40 by chance? It was the first one out that was supposed to fix the certificate issue which was supposed to be in v34 after it was released.
tomschmidt wrote:
NG support has already been notified that their Hot Fix .34 certificate is untrusted due to it being self signed. Yet another mistake by their firmware team...
FURRYe38
Nov 26, 2019Guru - Experienced User
I would revert back to what was working for you then.