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R7960P firmware not upgrading
I have attempted multiple times to upgrade my current firmware, V1.4.1.44_1.3.5, to V1.4.1.50_1.3.10 and it fails. I have tried letting the router update itself and also downloading upgrade zip file ...
Like everyone else in this thread I am extremely frustrated. I was willing to give some time and I had some hope when the new firmware (X.62) was released. However yesterday I tried the manual upload with no luck. For me it is time to move on and replace the router.
Thank you to djasond23 for listing out the current different router options at costco. It looks like the "Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX4300 WiFi 6 Router" is about the same price as what I paid for the R7960. Would I lose any functionality if I switched to the AX6? It just sucks that I'll have to go stand in line at costco to fix this whole thing.
billgio I compared the Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX4300 WiFi 6 Router w/ our 7960P (sorry, I shorthanded that model # in the previous posts to RAX45 and will do that again here.) From what I could tell, one difference which could effect top connection speed for very modern devices (might be) that the RAX45 being limited to QAM-256 for both radio's for AX (and AC? - that is what I am unsure of and was asking about.) The 7960P advertizes QAM-1024 for (at least) 5GHz which a couple of our recent smartphones can take advantage of when not far from the router. I believe there are a many other features the 7960P has that the RAX45 doesn't have. You could visit netgear.com, select both routers and click compare to see the side by side feature lise....or open each manual if you want to get much more specific. If I remember right, the 7960P has many features for gamers and power users I don't remember seeing w/ the RAX45. (Sorry I'm not more helpful about the big list of feature differences, it's just because I disable or don't use almost all of these features myself.) As I've mentioned in previous posts, my main concern is getting a replacement (for hopefully about the same price as the 7960P) which doesn't have bugs I've experienced affecting general daily usage, such as duplicate IP's being assigned and QOS simply not working, for example. And of course - less chance of firmware upgrade failures.
I'm about ready to trade my 7960P in at Costco for the RAX45 and see if a) the speeds w/ our smartphones, and wired ethernet computers are close to the 7960P, and b) if the bugs affecting my 7960P (which I care most about) are not present. I'll happily keep it if both are ok. If not, I'll try to get a different brand soon from Amazon, and then return the RAX45. Reason I'm not thinking about the AX8 is simply that we are "money constrained". I am worried about availability of the RAX45 for the Costco sale so I feel like I'll have to make a decision very soon.