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Web firmware upgrade for GS108Ev3 failing
I wante to upgrade to version 2.00.05 but don't have a Windows machine handy. So I thought I'd use the web interface.
After entering "loader mode" on the switch, I uploaded the firmware, only to find the router stuck in this Loader mode with no way of getting out.
I tried:
* reboot
* power off/on
* holding factory reset for >1min (no effect at all).
What ever I do, I only ever get back to this firmware loader screen. I've seen a similar issue for a previous version (https://community.netgear.com/t5/Managed-Switches/GS108E-Firmware-Upgrade-Issues/td-p/372672) which was solved by using TFTP to upload the firmware. That did not seem to work in my case.
Any ideas, or do I need to get hold of a Windows machine and try the utility?
And an update: Managed to borrow a Windows machine. The ProSafe utility (latest version) did not even find the switch. Nice!
Then I tried the firmware upgrade from chrome on the windows machine, and voila, that actually worked! What on earth could be the issue?
So to summarize: firmware upgrade from chrome or firefox on linux failed, Prosafe utility failed to detect switch, Chrome on Windows saved the day.
I'm leaving more confused than I was when entering.
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And an update: Managed to borrow a Windows machine. The ProSafe utility (latest version) did not even find the switch. Nice!
Then I tried the firmware upgrade from chrome on the windows machine, and voila, that actually worked! What on earth could be the issue?
So to summarize: firmware upgrade from chrome or firefox on linux failed, Prosafe utility failed to detect switch, Chrome on Windows saved the day.
I'm leaving more confused than I was when entering.
Hello MikaelN,
Welcome to the community!
I understand you are having some issues updating the firmware of your GS108E. There are some factors that can cause the update to fail, like firewalls on the computer, anti-virus programs, network intterruption upon file transfer. These things might cause corruption of the firmware file upon upgrade. Here are some things that you can try if something like this happens again:
1. Make sure you are using the latest version of the utility, you can download it here.
2. Reset the switch to "Factory Defaults", push the factory defaults button on the right side of the switch (labelled) for 10 seconds and let it reboot.
Hope it helps! I'll look forward to your update.
Thanks,
My issue was specifically with the web upgrade that does not work. And Factory Reset does not do anything after the device has gotten locked into this bad state.
I did NOT have any luck with the latest tool version.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/forums/replypage/board-id/business-smart-plus-click-switches/message-id/1974
I had exactly the same problem here with a Click GSS108E with firmware 1.0.0.0.
Problem 1: first, the switch software failed to load the new firmware from my TFTP server (my only option since I'm not using Windows). The switch doesn't receive anything although the TFTP server was working correctly (successfully tested it with a TFTP client).
Problem 2: then, whatever I try (hit cancel, turn it off, hard reset to factory defaults, etc), the switch was unable to go back from the firmware upgrade mode to its normal operating mode.
Reason: apparently, when put in upgrade mode, the switch doesn't answer to ARP request anymore. It's not a problem when the firmware file is downloaded from the same machine you used to put the switch into firmware upgrade mode via the web GUI, because in this case your ARP table already contains the switch MAC address. On the other hand, when you use another machine as your TFTP server, that new machine has to know the switch MAC address in order to send the file, and the switch never answers.
Solution to problem 1: manually add you switch MAC address in your TFTP server's ARP table.
Linux: arp -s 192.168.0.239 nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn
Windows : arp -s 192.168.0.239 nn-nn-nn-nn-nn-nn
(you can find the ARP address on your switch casing, something akin to A06391aabbcc)
Problem 2 has no solution AFAIK.> Problem 2 has no solution AFAIK.
I mean, the only solution is to succeed in upgrading the firmware.
That worked!
For the record, I had to use netsh to add the missing entry.
netsh interface ipv4 add neighbors "Local Area Connection" 192.168.0.239 00-24-01-d2-3a-bd
Substitute the IP address with what you see in ProSafe, and obviously the right MAC address to yours, and "Local Area Connection" to whatever is in your Network setup.
Then I ran ProSafe and it upgraded the firmware.
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