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I believe the engineering team have already fixed the problem that is why GSS116E firmware v1.0.0.6 and v1.0.0.5 are up again on the GSS116E download page. Kindly read their release notes respectively on the links below:
I inquired this to the higher tier of NETGEAR Support and just got a feedback. As per the higher tier of NETGEAR Support, a fix is being worked on and as soon as the fix is available, the firmwares will be posted to the GSS116E support page again.
Re: Firmware download GSS116E only shows Prosafe Plus config utility - V2
Hopefully it will address some of these crazy bugs. This switch can no longer pass local remote desktop traffic dependably, which has been a rudimentary task for ages now. I'm talking about simple explorer windows turning into random unrecognizable characters during transition, not sound or anything of that nature (default windows sounds that is, which it also cannot do without tons of static). This is from one modern intel NIC to another too (I219V to 1210-T1). A local gig connection should handle this with ease.
Re: Firmware download GSS116E only shows Prosafe Plus config utility - V2
DaneA,
I got your message about the new firmware, but this is for an entirely different switch. Regardless, I thought perhaps there was some overlap with these two products. I'm using the latest prosafe utility, and it fails upon pointing to this firmware.
tthurman
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Re: Firmware download GSS116E only shows Prosafe Plus config utility - V2
This is still hopeless. The page in the download centre still contains no firmware. The Security Advisory still says to go and download it. The firmware linked above is not for the GSS116E the OP enquired about (its name suggests it, my switch bouncing it confirmed it).
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There was no private message, it was just an email generated to alert a reply to the thread had been made. DaneA says to ingnore it just a few posts up......
Perahaps Netgear should release a bug free firmware.
Re: Firmware download GSS116E only shows Prosafe Plus config utility - V2
The email I got concerning an urgent update was in regard to an exploit in the ProSafe Plus Utility, not the firmware. It's concerning you got an alert concerning the firmware, while some of us apparently did not.
Version 1.0.0.5 is extremely buggy, I immediately started experiencing problems after upgrading. I don't think you want any part of it! I've had old 10/100 hubs that switch packets more effiecntly then this switch running this firmware.
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The alert is linked to in my post above.
I guess I just need to wait. My experience is that Netgear get there in the end which is why I use nothing else. I am, at least, not on the ...5 firmware. Sounds terrible.
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I must have posted the incorrect title, but I have now noticed that the 1.0.0.6 firmware is now available again. (Which I installed back in July)
Any reason why it's suddenly back?
On a side note, both of my ClickSwitches "lost" their DHCP leases and defaulted to 192.168.0.239, I had to disable/renable the DHCP setting to pick up and IP address again...
I believe the engineering team have already fixed the problem that is why GSS116E firmware v1.0.0.6 and v1.0.0.5 are up again on the GSS116E download page. Kindly read their release notes respectively on the links below:
Re: Firmware download GSS116E only shows Prosafe Plus config utility - V2
Thanks for this, have updated my switch from 1.0.0.0. The Release Notes say:
There was an issue with v1.0.0.0. VLANs and Link Aggression stop working when GSS116E is booted up and when firmware is being upgraded from v1.0.0.0. The issue is fixed in v1.0.0.2 or newer versions
I wasn't sure if it necessarily applied to me (I was going to 1.0.0.6 which is a 'newer version'). However, it went a bit further than the update wrecking my LAG: Trying to upload the 1.0.6 firmware over LAG failed to even update the firmware. I had to break the LAG to get the update to work. I then did the bootloader as per the release notes.
The release notes are otherwise great. When I couldn't go from 1.0.0.0 over the web UI and read the notes it was clear I had to use the prosafe utility.
Let us know if you have further inquiries about the firmware of the GSS116E switch. Otherwise, if ever your concern has been addressed or resolved, I encourage you to mark the appropriate reply as the “Accepted Solution” so others can be confident in benefiting from the solution. The NETGEAR Community looks forward to hearing from you and being a helpful resource in the future!
